Just when experts worried the state would burn down and the streams would run dry, a late August rainstorm calmed everyone down. Now if we can just get through September, another typically dry month.
The Yachats-area received an above average amount of rain in August, but compared to most of the year it’s still a drop in the bucket, according to YachatsNews’ weather watchers.
Julie Bailey, who lives on Horizon Hill Road in Yachats, recorded .86 inches of rain in August – half of that coming during a two-day storm Aug. 22-23 that quenched the area and even moved into central and eastern Oregon to help slow down wildfires there. Bailey has measured 53.96 inches of rain for the year.
At the Yachats wastewater treatment plant, city staff measured .60 inches of rain in August for an eight-month total of 47.48 inches. Adam Altson, who lives near the plant, recorded .71 inches of rain in August and has 46.32 inches for the year.
Don Tucker, who lives two miles north of Yachats, recorded .70 inches of rain in August and has 57.31 for the year.
Up the Yachats River, Jim Adler recorded .62 inches of rain compared with a 15-year average of .47 inches, and had 70.56 inches for the year. Farther upriver, Bob Williams had .58 inches in August for a year-to-date total of 83.78 inches.
“Isn’t it interesting how summer rainfall is generally heavier on the coast than upriver and reverses in the winter,” Adler said. “I guess that’s another piece of the microclimate puzzle.”
Other August weather notes:
- Altson’s lowest temperature of the month was 50.3 degrees on Aug. 28, which was the highest low temperature he’s recorded for August, besting the 50.1 degrees of 2019. The average temperature for the month was 59.56 degrees.
- Bailey recorded 14 days over 70 degrees with a high of 81.2 degrees on Aug. 29.
