49 weeks (Louisville: living, statistics, moving)

[kytoaz]

Saw a statement by the national weather service that said Louisville had gone 49 weeks without a single solid week of no rainfall. This is why I moved. Just thought CD users who come here should know that it does, in fact, rain all the time in Louisville regardless of what some might tell you.

[marino760]

Originally Posted by kytoaz

Saw a statement by the national weather service that said Louisville had gone 49 weeks without a single solid week of no rainfall. This is why I moved. Just thought CD users who come here should know that it does, in fact, rain all the time in Louisville regardless of what some might tell you.

I grew up in Conn and spent a few years in Florida as well and now live in the desert SW. I look forward to living where it rains at least once a week and even several days at time again. I miss it terribly.

[ABQConvict]

Sounds wonderful. In Arizona, you have to waste the precious potable water of the diminishing Colorado, Salt and Verde rivers to allow even the slightest amount of life to survive there at the expense of the riparian habitats that existed and evolved over thousands of years.

Killing Arizona to "live" in a green Arizona.

[GraniteStater]

Get used to the excessive rain, it's only going to get worse. Wet areas will keep getting wetter over time as a warmer climate means the atmosphere has the ability to hold more moisture. Precipitable water values are increasing, leading to many more extreme rainfall events and flooding. I recorded over 72.00'' of precipitation last year in Clark County, IN. Needless to say, I'm moving way up on the hillside at double the elevation of the Ohio River to at least partially get out of the swampy muck.

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by kytoaz

Saw a statement by the national weather service that said Louisville had gone 49 weeks without a single solid week of no rainfall. This is why I moved. Just thought CD users who come here should know that it does, in fact, rain all the time in Louisville regardless of what some might tell you.

False. This is ALL TIME RECORD material for Louisville. It's far from normal. Louisville has an average to above average rainfall annually historically.

It is NOT one of the rainiest major cities, it is just a two year anomaly due to a pattern of La Nina.


https://www.tripsavvy.com/wettest-pl...he-usa-4135027

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...f-america.html

Even if you take the modern post 1980 era, Louisville is nowhere to be found:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...st-rainy-days/

Now tell me....why are former Louisville residents its biggest critics and literally make up false stats to make it look worse than it is? Louisville is not the desert but it is simply not a top 10 rainy city.

[ServoMiff]

Originally Posted by Peter1948

False. This is ALL TIME RECORD material for Louisville. It's far from normal. Louisville has an average to above average rainfall annually historically.

It is NOT one of the rainiest major cities, it is just a two year anomaly due to a pattern of La Nina.


https://www.tripsavvy.com/wettest-pl...he-usa-4135027

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...f-america.html

Even if you take the modern post 1980 era, Louisville is nowhere to be found:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...st-rainy-days/

Now tell me....why are former Louisville residents its biggest critics and literally make up false stats to make it look worse than it is? Louisville is not the desert but it is simply not a top 10 rainy city.

Past doesn't predict the future, but this AcE study sure makes it seem like this isn't an anomaly anymore

https://www.courier-journal.com/stor...ort/831135001/

Rain once a week or so is healthy - long droughts and long bouts of rain are not.

The OP moved because they don't like rain apparently. Arizona is the perfect place for them. Maybe when drinking water becomes non-existent in the next 10 years there, they'll rethink their stance on rain.

[kytoaz]

Originally Posted by ServoMiff

Past doesn't predict the future, but this AcE study sure makes it seem like this isn't an anomaly anymore

https://www.courier-journal.com/stor...ort/831135001/

Rain once a week or so is healthy - long droughts and long bouts of rain are not.

The OP moved because they don't like rain apparently. Arizona is the perfect place for them. Maybe when drinking water becomes non-existent in the next 10 years there, they'll rethink their stance on rain.

I'm in Phoenix, where the vast majority of our water comes from the Salt river basin, not the Colorado. Our reservoirs are full and the long term water outlook here is good. It is true that other parts of the state are not in the same situation, but I don't waste much time worrying about it. Vegas will be the first city to go dry long before my hometown.

[kytoaz]

Originally Posted by Peter1948

False. This is ALL TIME RECORD material for Louisville. It's far from normal. Louisville has an average to above average rainfall annually historically.

It is NOT one of the rainiest major cities, it is just a two year anomaly due to a pattern of La Nina.


https://www.tripsavvy.com/wettest-pl...he-usa-4135027

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...f-america.html

Even if you take the modern post 1980 era, Louisville is nowhere to be found:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...st-rainy-days/

Now tell me....why are former Louisville residents its biggest critics and literally make up false stats to make it look worse than it is? Louisville is not the desert but it is simply not a top 10 rainy city.

Nothing in my statement is false. I didn't claim that this was the norm, I just stated that it rains a lot there. And when you're talking "wettest cities" they are based on total rainfall. The fact is Louisville has 93 days of sun a year. FACT. So if you like cloudy, wet and humid conditions Louisville can be the perfect place for you. As I've said in several posts the city has a lot going for it. I know it's very difficult for you to accept anyone saying anything about Louisville that doesn't coincide with your utopian view of the most perfect city on earth, but some of us disagree with that vision.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by kytoaz

Nothing in my statement is false. I didn't claim that this was the norm, I just stated that it rains a lot there. And when you're talking "wettest cities" they are based on total rainfall. The fact is Louisville has 93 days of sun a year. FACT. So if you like cloudy, wet and humid conditions Louisville can be the perfect place for you. As I've said in several posts the city has a lot going for it. I know it's very difficult for you to accept anyone saying anything about Louisville that doesn't coincide with your utopian view of the most perfect city on earth, but some of us disagree with that vision.

In terms of climatology, ALL of the wettest years in Louisville recorded weather history have been in the last 20-25 years. The trend is your friend, and the trend is that the region is becoming substantially wetter over time, with last year just adding to the insanity. This year it has been more of the same again, with MORE RAIN compared to this same time last year- so I've recorded around 37.00'' as of early July...

[Ry00]

So are you saying climate change isn't going to render Arizona and Phoenix uninhabitable before Kentucky. Okay, I'll take you up on that bet. We really should be climate change's effects on the rainfall and not chalking it up to 'crazy Kentucky weather'. I'm not really advocating one over the other, Arizona is beautiful, but it's completely unsustainable on the emissions path we're on. By the middle to end of the century it will be unbearable to live there, and there will be a water crisis. Many models show that the western half the of the US (west of the Mississippi) is 20% drier in the past decade and the Eastern half is 20% wetter; essentially all the moister is leaving the west half of the continent and dumping on the east half. This is just going to intensify as time wears on.