| Following is a table that I have compiled with the average precipitation -vs- recorded precipitation with my weather station located in Bloomington. The Averages were derived from information at the Western Regional Climate Center. The averages are taken from recorded precipitation from 10-1-1892 to 7-31-2003. As you can see we have been lagging in the water department. | ||||||||||||||
| Water Year | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Total | % of avg |
| Average | 0.67 | 0.63 | 0.77 | 1.07 | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.51 | 0.39 | 0.19 | 0.67 | 0.76 | 0.62 | 8.22 | 100% |
| 08-09 | 0.23 | 0.80 | 1.85 | 0.00 | 2.88 | |||||||||
| 07-08 | 0.00 | 1.26 | 1.85 | 0.95 | 1.88 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.44 | 0.34 | 0.01 | 7.18 | 87% |
| 06-07 | 1.48 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.03 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 4.33 | 53% |
| 05-06 | 1.34 | 0.07 | 0.50 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 1.56 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.35 | 0.52 | 0.23 | 5.39 | 66% |
| 04-05 | 2.33 | 2.16 | 1.70 | 2.88 | 2.52 | 0.95 | 2.08 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 1.05 | 0.01 | 16.41 | 200% |
| 03-04 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.87 | 0.25 | 1.87 | 0.12 | 0.91 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.04 | 0.64 | 0.34 | 5.95 | 72% |
| 02-03 | 0.49 | 1.68 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 1.64 | 0.90 | 0.51 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.56 | 0.25 | 6.92 | 84% |
| 01-02 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.81 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.63 | 0.40 total for three months | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.61 | 3.14 | 38% | ||
| 00-01 | 1.70 | 0.60 | 0.02 | 0.49 | 1.21 | 1.25 | 0.67 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.90 | 0.51 | 0.01 | 7.56 | 92% |