We track rainfall totals in the Corralitas Drive rain gauge. For the past couple of years, we followed the water year as the rain year since the State changed the way it measured rain or water year from October 1 to September 30.
Previously the season to date was from July 1 to June 30. Apparently everyone is confused by the fluidity of the definitions (pun intended). I'm now finding July 1 to June 30 the primary rainfall season once again.
So this is either the first rain of the year 2017 - 2018 (since our last measurable rainfall on Corralitas Drive was May 7, 2017) or it could be the last rain of 2016-2017. For now, less than a tenth of one inch isn't going to change our Corralitas totals enough to worry about to which year we're attributing it. The LA Almanac and other sources count the season as July 1 to June 30. So we're returning to that schedule this rainy season and will, once again, identify July 1 to June 30, "season to date."
September 21, 2017: 0.05"
Rain/water year to date: 24.09" Oct 1- Sept 30
Season to date: 0.05" July 1 - June 30
