RAIN, RAIN NOT GOING AWAY YET.Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard Yeah, so you got wetter than usual walking the dog Tuesday, or trudging to a final exam Noun 1. final exam - an examination administered at the end of an academic term final examination, final exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of or dashing from car to office without an umbrella, but don't look for too much sympathy from dyed-in-the-wool - or would that be tied-in-the-dye? - Oregonians, because the Eugene area didn't come near breaking its rain record for June 8. That happened way back in 1981, when the area got dumped with 1.34 inches of water in one day. By late afternoon Tuesday, 0.68 inches of rain had fallen at the Eugene Airport Eugene Airport (IATA: EUG, ICAO: KEUG), also known as Mahlon Sweet Field, is a public airport located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Eugene, in Lane County, Oregon. and, as meteorologist Mark O'Malley of the National Weather Service office in Portland put it, "That would break a record on a lot of June days June Days, in French history, name usually given to the insurrection of workers in June, 1848. The working classes had played an important role in the February Revolution of 1848, but their hopes for economic and social reform were disappointed. , but not this one." Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). , Florence and Lowell also logged - more like waterlogged wa·ter·logged adj. 1. Nautical Heavy and sluggish in the water because of flooding, as in the hold: a waterlogged ship. 2. - their wettest June 8s in 1981, but reflecting the skittishness skit·tish adj. 1. Moving quickly and lightly; lively. 2. Restlessly active or nervous; restive. 3. Undependably variable; mercurial or fickle. 4. Shy; bashful. of late-spring weather around here, other cities did not. For example, Corvallis' record for June 8 of 1.68 inches of rain fell in 1927. Nearby Albany had 0.85 inches in 1958 on June 8, while Oakridge got 1.65 inches that day in 1953. The place to stay driest appears to be Roseburg, where the most rainfall on a June 8 - a meager mea·ger also mea·gre adj. 1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty. 2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble: the meager soil of an eroded plain. 3. 0.28 inches - came down in 1984. Those hoping for weather records won't find much to cheer about in terms of Tuesday's temperatures, either. The high temperature of 62 degrees couldn't touch 1955's 93-degree day, but it certainly felt better than the high of 36 degrees the area shivered through two June 8s ago. Nonetheless, Tuesday's occasional downpours went quite a way to help close the gap on the local rainfall deficit. So far this month, the airport has measured 1.26 inches of rain, compared with the normal 0.52 inches. That brings total precipitation since Jan. 1 to nearly 19 inches, about 8 inches below the normal of just under 27 inches. By contrast, the deficit for average rainfall for the "water year," which starts in October, stands at nearly 10 inches. A possibility of more rain is forecast for today and Thursday. CAPTION(S): A wet day brought out umbrellas at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. , but the heavy rainfall didn't come close to breaking the record for June 8 set in 1981 at 1.34 inches. Tuesday's 0.68 inches of rain approaches a record for most other days in June, however. For example, it equals today's record set in 1972. W e a t h e r |
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