THROUGH JULY…2015 HAS BEEN THE FIFTH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD IN ALBUQUERQUE … WITH SEVEN AND-A-HALF INCHES IN THE OFFICIAL RAIN GAUGE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST JASON FRAZIER TELLS 770 KKOB IT’LL BE HOTTER AND DRIER FOR MOST OF THIS WEEK…BUT MONSOON SEASON DEFINITELY ISN’T OVER. IT’S EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER THE STATE BY THE WEEKEND. AND FRAZIER SAYS IT’LL CONTINUE WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH MID SEPTEMBER.
ALBUQUERQUE GOT OVER 3-INCHES IN JULY ALONE, BUT OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE DID MUCH BETTER. FRAZIER SAYS RUIDOSO GOT MORE THAN 8-INCHES…AND THE CLINES CORNERS AREA GOT OVER NINE INCHES OF RAIN LAST MONTH.
