At first glance, seeing that Eugene is nearly 22” below its normal rain total seems quite alarming.  However, Eugene’s rain totals have been remarkably low for many years.  The huge deficits seem to begin when the National Weather Service switched the official rain gauge during the 90’s.  They think the old gauge over-measured, so it will take some time to collect enough data on this new gauge to accurately reflect the real rain averages.

The rain season ends today, so I'll know our exact totals tomorrow.

-KMTR Meteorologist Brent Prasnikar