Local Precipitation Records in the Eugene Area date from 1900

The 5 Wettest Julys:

• 1916: 3.38 inches
• 1987: 3.00 inches
• 1947: 2.63 inches
• 1902: 2.37 inches
• 1983: 1.77 inches

Long Term Wet Periods:

• 5 years: 1982 -- 1987: 7.37 inches
• 10 years: 1983 -- 1993: 11.41 inches
• 15 years: 1982 -- 1997: 13.74 inches
• 20 years: 1974 -- 1994: 16.65 inches

Years with No July Rain

• 1901,1906,1910,1914,1917
• 1921,1922,1924,1926,1931,1933
• 1952,1953,1956,1958
• 1960,1962,1967,1969-71,1973,
• 1998,2000

Long Term Dry Periods:

• 5 years: 1967 -- 1972: 0.04 inches
• 10 years: 1924 -- 1934: 0.99 inches
• 15 years: 1958 -- 1973: 2.23 inches
• 20 years: 1924 -- 1944: 3.15 inches

The 5 Wettest Augusts:

• 1968: 5.79 inches
• 1979: 3.46 inches
• 1983: 3.19 inches
• 1990: 2.38 inches
• 1978: 2.17 inches

Long Term Wet Periods:

• 5 years: 1974 -- 1979: 11.88 inches
• 10 years: 1968 -- 1978: 18.04 inches
• 15 years: 1968 -- 1983: 25.43 inches
• 20 years: 1963 -- 1983: 26.79 inches

Years with no August rain:

• 1906,1909-1911,1914,1917
• 1928,1931,1936
• 1955
• 1967,1969-70,1981
• 1998

Long Term Dry Periods:

• 5 years: 1927 -- 1932: 0.55 inches
• 10 years: 1921 -- 1931: 3.49 inches
• 15 years: 1927 -- 1942: 4.39 inches
• 20 years: 1927 -- 1947: 7.43 inches

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