30 OCTOBER. CALIFORNIA: CLIMATE

Caroll Benfell, writing in the Press Democrat, reports that October rainfall in Sonoma county was slightly below normal despite the expected onset of a strong El Nino event. However, only 50% of ENSO events seem to lead to heavy rains in the area. If this is a wet ENSO, then rainfall may be comparable to the 55.7 inches that fell in the ENSO of 1982 - 1983 or the 45.6 inches during the 1957 - 1958 ENSO. The normal rainfall is 29.9 inches.--Contributed by Craig Harrison <charrison@hunton.com>.