Show 8 inches rainfall this year A lot of comment is heard about the weather from the man on the street some attitudes attribute the storms to the rain makers others say all bosh but whatever the cause the san juan coun county t y drouth is broken the range and bean men are smiling the wheat farmer would like to get an opportunity to finish cutting his grain five and one half inches of rain fell in july according to virgil eastin weather bureau observer for monticello Montte ello august 1 nearly another inch fell the flash storms are causing damage in some areas this is far offset by the slow steady down fall that usually follows and is inestimable value of the county there was 15 inches rainfall from jan 1952 to jan 1953 eight inches has fallen thus far for this year in the monticello llo area six inches within the last monah month |