Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Back Another Day!

Happy New Year everyone. I have pictures of Vegas to post but I wanted first to comment on our current weather conditions in Knoxville. I know-, the weather is kind of boring to blog about. However, its a hot (and VERY WET) topic of conversation here in East TN. We are experiencing rain...and not a little rain, day after day of POURING RAIN. Its been this way since before Thanksgiving. While I know we have not had much sun, I just read this and it really sunk in. I wanted to share.

• A new daily rainfall record was set for Knoxville on Tuesday. As of 8:30 p.m., rainfall measured at 1.84 inches.
• In the last 41 days since Thanksgiving, East Tennessee has seen only 12 days of full sunshine.
• There have been 29 mostly cloudy days and 25 days with precipitation--rain, drizzle, or snow.
• Three out of four days were cloudy and rainy from Thanksgiving to the end of November.
• In December, 21 out of 31 days were mostly cloudy. Seventeen out of 31 days had precipitation.
• Only 10 days in December had mostly sunny skies.
• Five out the six days in January so far have been cloudy and rainy.

On the positive side, East Tennessee's moderate drought classification is steadily decreasing thanks to the recent rainfall. The total winter rainfall to date is 12.06 inches, which is more than 6.5 inches above average. Normal winter precipitation is 13.07 inches.

For every positive though, there is a negative. We are expecting more rain tonight and through the week.