The winter months of this season have been quite un-Florida like. We've had some new records for cold temperatures set, and this upcoming week doesn't look much better than we've been experiencing. The one positive is the increase in rainfall that we've experienced this winter. Having gone through a season under Phase 3 water restrictions, it sure is nice to see some rain during our "dry" season. It is just unfortunate the turfgrass can't take full advantage of the rain due to cooler than normal temperatures.
I've put together a comparison of our rainfall over the past 5 seasons to give you an example of how this year compares to some of our past.
In the 2005/2006 season the months of November, December, January, and December had 3.56", .20", .80", and 3.6" of rainfall respectively.
In the 2006/2007 season the months of November, December, January, and February had 1.20", 1.35", .50", and 1.35" of rainfall respectively.
In the 2007/2008 season the months of November, December, January, and February had 0", 1.7", 1.31", and 2.95" of rainfall respectively.
In the 2008/2009 season the months of November, December, January, and February had .56", 1.06", .17", and .49" of rainfall respectively.
In our current 2009/2010 season the months of November, December, January, and February have had 3.61", 4.62", .57", and 3.15" of rainfall respectively. With February only half over, we'll still have time to add to that total.
The totals for these time periods would be:
2005/2006 = 8.16"
2006/2007 = 4.4"
2007/2008 = 5.96"
2008/2009 = 2.28"
2009/2010 = 11.95
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