The above image is of the Snohomish river; with (from left to right) Three Fingers Mountain, Glacier Peak, and Mount Pilchuck in the background . The picture was taken about 20 years ago, in November, from the river front park in Everett, Washington.
This blog is an updated summary of https://www.enlight-inc.com/total_rainfall_2007.html and has yearly rainfall records starting with the year 2005, and continuing as the years go by. The records of rainfall here are from measurements that have been taken in a 4.9 acre forested area , and in a nearby cleared area for the past 18 years. The clearing is 3/4 of an acre; and the “forest” area is 4.9 acres of second growth fir, cedar, and hemlock trees. The trees in the forested area here are now over 100 years old.
The data on this blog is from observations. The areas where these measurements have taken place for the last 19 years are open to observation by any scientist or weather observer who wishes to see the area. We measure rainfall in the forested area here, and in an area that was cleared for a house 49 years ago. The measurements have taken place in the same spots for 19 years as of this March, 2024. (We started in March of 2005 while still in college at the University of Washington). Furthermore, for the past 8 years the measurements made by us here using 2 commercial rain gauges (non electronic) have been compared to a Davis Vantage Vue commercial electronic weather station. Our data is within 8 percent of the Davis weather station data for measurements in the “clearing”.
There are also records of weather events each year starting in 2005: https://www.slowsandfilter.org/blog/sample-page/