As Mother Nature keeps reminding us, all weather is local.

Rainfall amounts in Yachats were quite normal for March, but venture even a few miles inland it was quite a different story.

At the Yachats wastewater treatment plant, city staff measured 9.05 inches of rain in March for a three-month total of 22.55 inches – both below its 10-year average for the month and quarter. Just a block away, weather watcher Adam Altson recorded 9.10 inches of rain in March for a three-month total of 23.3 inches.

Julie Bailey, who lives at the 200 foot elevation of Horizon Hill in Yachats, measured 12.75 inches in March and has 30.87 inches of rain so far this year. Her three-month total is eight inches less than the very soggy start to 2024.

Don Tucker, who lives two miles north of Yachats, recorded 12.84 inches of rain in March, three inches more than his average for the month in 19 years of record keeping. His 2025 total is 29.21 inches.

But go inland a bit, and it’s a different story.

Jim Adler, who lives three miles up the Yachats River valley, measured 13.56 inches of rain in March – four inches more than in the city and three inches more than his average for the month. His three-month rain total is 35.75 inches.

“I have only five wetter Marches in the past 16 years,” said Adler.

Eight miles upriver, Bob Williams recorded a whopping 20.20 inches of rain in March – double that in the city. Williams has received 47.15 inches of rain so far this year. His average for the six previous months of March is 10.66 inches.

Other weather highlights:

Tucker: In 19 years of record keeping, last month was the first time at least one day in March that was not at or below freezing. The coldest temperature Tucker recorded in March was 36 degrees;
Altson: The high temperature for the month was 63.3 degrees on March 25 and the low was 37.9 degrees on March 14; and
Bailey: Only seven days with no precipitation and four days had an inch or more, including 2.34 inches March 21.