Water Department
The Owens Valley Monitor 2002-2003
| Owens Valley Precipitation — Sally Manning, Vegetation Scientist Inyo County Water Department has collected precipitation data at seven rain gauges in the Owens Valley since 1993. Precipitation totals for Water Department rain gauges appear in Table 1. For the 2002 water year (beginning October 1, 2001, and ending September 30, 2002), precipitation measured at the gauges averaged about one inch. This was the lowest average precipitation recorded during the period of record. Ninety percent of the 2002 precipitation fell between October 1 and April 15, prior to the growing season. |
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Table 1. Precipitation measured
in ICWD rain gauges by water year (October 1 of the previous year through September 30 of
the year noted).
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