Show Storms Beat t Water Waler Average It can quit raining any time now and still leave Moab with an an above average year year for precipitation the records show For sunshine lovers It can quit raining now period Mo Moab b will rec record rd a thIrd straight month of above av average average av av- precipitation this September September September Sep Sep- even f If the sky stays blue and dry for the next week Already 86 of an Inch has fallen this month compared to a 20 year average of 84 September though Is is a piker compared to the efforts of some other months August exceeded exceed d the a average of 90 with inches and and July checked In at Inches The Independence Day month was nearly four times wetter than the usual dry 60 of an Inch The cumulative totals are equally Impressive After the ersatz monsoon of Friday Saturday and Sunday the total stood at Inches of moisture for 1965 The 20 year 12 month average Is 89 The third quarter cant can't take all the credit The expected expected ex ex- precipitation yield for forthe forthe forthe the first six months was 39 Inches Through June Jun this year we waded through Inches l However r the thelast last three months have tipped the balance One more storm In September and the quarter would be double normal pre pre- In normal years we could expect inches of moisture moisture moisture mois mois- ture to fall during the last three months That would push the total Inches Inch Inch- es not a record but certainly certainly certainly a great water year The season may be shortened shortened shortened short short- ened by cold weather but the benefits to wildlife stockmen stockmen stock stock- men and the sheer beauty of a aa aa aa a desert In bloom cant can't be denied Outside of dampened picnics picnics picnics pic pic- the rains remarkably have done little damage However However However How How- ever we might have to adjust adjust adjust ad ad- just the 20 year average of sunny days per year a bit It has rained every third day the last three months |