August 2014-Record Rainfall!

August 2014 was the wettest August on the record books for parts of Star Valley. The following charts illustrate how wet a month it was over much of Wyoming.

August 2014 Pcpn

August 2014 Percent of normal pcpn

Much of Western Wyoming experienced 200-300% of normal for the month.

Across Star Valley generally 3.5 to 5 inches was measured in August 2014.

Following are specific totals for the month:

Thayne 1.5SE            5.26

Bedford 3SE              4.91

Star Valley Ranch      4.91

Smoot  5SSE              4.84

Afton                          3.66

Alpine                         3.44

In the nearby mountains  the Willow Creek SNOTEL measured 6.10 inches and Cottonwood SNOTEL 5.0 inches.

Of particular interest is at the Bedford station which goes back to 1975, the previous high August 

rainfall was 3.47 in 1983.  The old record was exceed this August by almost 1.5 inches.

Afton observations go back to 1955. The record Afton August rainfall was 4.58 in 2008 thus this August was about an inch shy of that amount..