{"id":5701,"date":"2016-01-10T18:21:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T23:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=5701"},"modified":"2016-01-10T23:25:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T04:25:59","slug":"columbus-ga-at-wettest-water-year-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/01\/columbus-ga-at-wettest-water-year-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus GA and some Carolina stations at wettest water year to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has a page which allows you to graph accumulated precipitation for selected stations across the country and compare this year to previous years. \u00a0These graphs are called Haywood plots and you can view the current graphs at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/monitoring-references\/dyk\/elnino-2015-2016\">https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/monitoring-references\/dyk\/elnino-2015-2016<\/a>\u00a0under &#8220;Haywood Plots&#8221;. \u00a0Previous strong El Ni\u00f1os are highlighted in blue with other years in pale gray.<\/p>\n<p>When I looked at these, I noticed that this year&#8217;s curve for Columbus GA is above every other curve for the station, meaning that the water year to date is the record highest. \u00a0A water year is a hydrologic term for an annual period starting on October 1. \u00a0You can check your own area to see how this year compared to previous water years. \u00a0Not surprisingly, several stations in North and South Carolina are also at their record wettest water year to date after the record flooding right at the beginning of October.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/01\/ga-csg-haywood-plot-1-10-2016.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5702\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5702\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/01\/ga-csg-haywood-plot-1-10-2016-300x165.png\" alt=\"ga csg haywood plot 1-10-2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/01\/ga-csg-haywood-plot-1-10-2016-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/01\/ga-csg-haywood-plot-1-10-2016-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/01\/ga-csg-haywood-plot-1-10-2016-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/01\/ga-csg-haywood-plot-1-10-2016-252x138.png 252w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/01\/ga-csg-haywood-plot-1-10-2016.png 1559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has a page which allows you to graph accumulated precipitation for selected stations across the country and compare this year to previous years. \u00a0These graphs are called Haywood plots and you can view the current graphs at\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/monitoring-references\/dyk\/elnino-2015-2016\u00a0under &#8220;Haywood Plots&#8221;. \u00a0Previous strong El Ni\u00f1os are highlighted in blue with 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