National Weather Service Water Year Oct. 1, 2023 - Sep. 30, 2024
Using precipitation record at MONTEREY AIRPORT (MTY) Elevation: 217'
http://cdec4gov.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryDaily?s=MTY&end=2024-03-02&span=70days
As proxy for Ft Ord
During the 2023 rainy season (water year) there were seven events where more than one inch of rain fell in a single 24 hour period https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/74888-fort-ord-national-monument-precipitation-water-year-2023 The total rainfall that season was 23.88"
Summary of 1"+ events so far this year:
1) 1.26 on 12/30/2023
2) 1.15 on 2/1/2024
Today Date Inches Y-T-D 10/01/2023 0.00 0.00 10/22/2023 0.01 0.01 10/23/2023 0.08 0.09 Based on Salinas River level at Spreckels, irrigation season seems to be over. 10/31/2023 0.00 0.09 NPS October Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/oct23wx.pdf 11/06/2023 0.05 0.14 11/16/2023 0.01 0.15 11/17/2023 0.01 0.16 11/18/2023 0.43 0.59 11/29/2023 0.01 0.60 Soil is still very dry. All plants seem to remain stressed. 11/30/2023 0.00 0.60 NPS November Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/nov23wx.pdf By this time last year (12/1/22) we had 2.29" accumulated rainfall. 12/06/2023 0.01 0.61 12/07/2023 0.14 0.75 12/08/2023 0.05 0.80 Soil is still very dry. All plants seem to remain stressed. 12/17/2023 0.18 0.98 Powder dry two inches down 12/18/2023 0.32 1.30 Still dry three to four inches down 12/19/2023 0.40 1.70 Still dry four to five inches down 12/20/2023 0.79 2.49 Ground finally seems wetted most places. Still not water-logged. 12/28/2023 0.55 3.04 12/29/2023 0.02 3.06 12/30/2023 1.26 4.32 Now ground seems wet. By this time last year we had 8.10 inches of rain. 12/31/2023 0.09 4.41 NPS December Summary: https://met.nps.edu/~ldm/renard_wx/dec23wx.pdf By this time last year (1/1/23) we had 9.24" accumulated rainfall. 01/03/2024 0.51 4.92 01/06/2024 0.01 4.93 01/07/2024 0.35 5.28 01/10/2024 0.10 5.38 01/11/2024 0.08 5.46 01/14/2024 0.04 5.50 01/17/2024 0.20 5.70 01/20/2024 0.03 5.73 01/21/2024 0.32 6.05 01/22/2024 0.37 6.42 01/23/2024 0.02 6.44 01/24/2024 0.42 6.86 01/25/2024 0.04 6.90 01/28/2024 Salinas River at Spreckels begins to rise(2). 01/31/2024 0.01 6.91 02/01/2024 1.15 8.06 By this time last year (2/1/23) we had 14.12" accumulated rainfall. 02/02/2024 0.59 8.65 02/03/2024 0.07 8.72 02/04/2024 0.80 9.52 02/05/2024 0.91 10.43 02/06/2024 0.01 10.44 02/07/2024 0.50 10.94 02/08/2024 0.06 11.00 02/15/2024 0.08 11.08 02/17/2024 0.10 11.18 02/18/2024 0.01 11.19 02/19/2024 0.26 11.45 02/20/2024 0.14 11.59 02/21/2024 0.05 11.64 02/27/2024 0.01 11.65 ********** On February 29, 2024 I installed two WATERMARK Soil Moisture Sensors (200SS), one at 8" and the other at 20" soil depth, and I will begin to provide soil moisture readings from a very typical (average) Fort Ord site (oak woodland margin). ********** 03/01/2024 0.43 12.08 By this time last year (03/01/2023) we had 17.38" accumulated rainfall. 03/02/2024 0.39 12.47 03/03/2024 0.20 12.67 03/04/2024 0.04 12.71 03/06/2024 0.20 12.91 03/11/2024 0.12 13.03 03/12/2024 0.01 13.04 03/23/2024 0.79 13.83 03/24/2024 0.30 14.13 03/26/2024 0.03 14.16 03/28/2024 0.10 14.26 03/29/2024 0.40 14.66 03/30/2024 0.39 15.05 03/31/2024 0.07 15.12 By this time last year (03/31/2023) we had 22.99" accumulated rainfall. 04/04/2024 0.46 15.58 04/05/2024 0.39 15.97 04/13/2024 0.37 16.34 04/14/2024 0.15 16.49
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(2) Using river rise as a proxy for area soil saturation. Water from the Arroyo Seco watershed in Big Sur/Ventana seems to take 48-72 hours to reach Spreckels.
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