Let’s hear from your friends and neighbors how much rain fell in June: Rob Starr, Cougar, 2.80 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lake Shore, 1.75 inches; Larry Lebsack, Barberton, 2.46 inches; Jim Knoll, Five Corners, 1.73 inches; Chuck Houghten, Hockinson Heights, 2.17 inches; Judy Weber near Fargher Lake/View area, 2.80 inches; Tyler Mode, Battle Ground, 2.25 inches; Judy Darke, Felida, 1.47 inches; Bob Mode, Minnehaha, 1.61 inches; Irv St. Germain, Prune Hill, 1.71 inches; Rick Krahn, Camas, 1.60 inches; Ellen Smart, Ridgefield, 2.40 inches; Dick Lenahan, Meadow Glade, 1.84 inches; and William Sobolewski, Livingston Mountain, 1.97 inches. Our neighbor in Vancouver, B.C., Roland Derksen, recorded 1.83 inches. The official rainfall for Vancouver was 1.47 inches — .14 of an inch below average.
Last month’s rainfall was roughly twice what we got in May. June saw early rainy weather and then record-breaking heat.
Judy Weber noted that June had a temperature spread of 71 degrees: a low of 39 degrees to a high of 110.
This week is when some meteorologists place the “gone fishing” sign on their office door and leave town. It’s just the same thing each day: sunny, with highs in the 80s.
