November is usually considered dry season,
But this year it’s even wetter than June.
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| This bar chart displays a November rainfall (in inches) from 1990 to present for Big Cypress Nat’l Preserve |
What’s behind this strange reversal of seasons?
Answer: With daylight hours down (and both evaporation and plant transpiration taking some time off), all it takes is a little bit of rain to keep swamp levels up.
This year’s November rainfall tally was over three inches.
That was more than enough.
