* THE YEARS RAIN TOTAL INCLUDES THE MOISTURE EQUIVELANT OF THE MELTED SNOW ALSO.

* THE ELECTRONIC RAIN GAUGE HAS A HEATER TO MELT SNOWFALL.

* THE STORM TOTAL MAY BE THE TOTAL OF SEVERAL DAYS OF RAIN.  IF 24 HOURS

          ELAPSES WITHOUT RAIN, THE STORM RAIN TOTAL RESETS.

*THE DAILY RAINFALL PERIOD RUNS FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.

* WHEN YOU MOUSE-OVER THE 30 DAY RAIN GRAPH A 24 HOUR RAIN GRAPH APPEARS.  THE 24 HOUR

         RAIN GRAPH INDICATES WHEN EACH .01 OF RAIN IS LOGGED.

*  THE RAIN FIGURES THAT ARE IN THE NEWSPAPER ARE TAKEN MANUALLY AT 8 AM DAILY 

       (VERSUS MIDNIGHT BY THE WEATHER STATION) AS REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

        SERVICE. THEY MAY DIFFER QUITE A BIT  FROM  WEATHER STATION FIGURES BUT AT THE 

        MONTHS END THE TWO TOTALS SHOULD BE CLOSE. THE RAINFALL TOTALS TAKEN MANUALLY

       ARE THE "OFFICIAL" DATA THAT IS USED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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