weather sites

[dirty]

what weather site do you go to for your weather info? i currently use www.wunderground.com/ .


does anybody have a site that gives current rainfall for the year versus past years historical totals?

i hear we are going through a mild drought. i would like to see the actual numbers. having lived in a desert area, this looks to me like we have water aplenty.

[kyosa]

For local weather I use:

www.weather.com/weather/local/

In the top bar of the page there's a window to put in your zipcode and get your local conditions/forecast. I haven't looked at the rest of the site to know if they have year-to-year stats.

Just looked at 'your' site. It's a good one, added it to my bookmarks. Thanks.

[angiem2]

I have weatherbug installed on this computer, so I can pull up radar, satelitte, etc.

But when away, and sometimes here

www.noaa.gov the National Oceanographic, etc etc...

Has all the weather info and all kinds of maps.

Angie

[Kathy]

I use www.accuweather.com the most but I do check weather.com if I want to double check a forecast.

[Deleted]

Dirty, when Rich and I moved here to South Dakota 3 years ago, we came from the high desert in Central Oregon. Desert. Very dry. Nothing grows there but sage and juniper. So we get here, and it rained every day. Big huge thunderstorms, inches of rain at a time, and I think that first summer, the longest time between significant rainfalls was only 2 or 3 days. Meanwhile all the neighbors are telling us about this "severe drought" we're having. HUH? Rich and I were seriously considering building an ark and loading up all our animals. There was water running in streams down our driveway and across our grass.

I finally told everyone that the next person that said the word "drought" to me was going to get a punch in the nose! Eventually, some of them admitted that the drought might be easing up some. Gee, d'ya THINK? I guess if you've never lived in a dry area, anything less than normal rainfall would be considered a drought. My feeling is, if it's green, then it's OK. If it's brown, then we probably need more rain.

~Lannie

[Kathy]

lannie said:

. My feeling is, if it's green, then it's OK. If it's brown, then we probably need more rain.

~Lannie

hehe, I feel the same way! I watch the lawn and garden; if it starts to look wilted or droopy-I water. It may not be scientific but it seems to be working.

[dirty]

i think your right Lannie. i think it's just a matter of what your use too.

that was why i was looking for some kind of 'proof'. everything here is green on green. ::)and still they talk about drought.