New Water Year

Because most of precipitation in California falls during fall and winter, state hydrologists start the record-keeping for the annual amount of precipitation on October 1st of each year. This past year, the 2025 water year, we got 13.13 inches of rain at our house, which is a pretty dry year. October has started out with a little bit of rain already: yesterday (1 October) we got 0.02 inches of rain and today we got 0.20 inches at our house. I even felt the need to wear my rain jacket and pants for a little walk this morning.