Sept. 30 is the end of the “water year”*, and it’s been another dry one at the Heineman-Fleck house. With data back to the 1999-2000 year now, this is the fourth consecutive dry year relative to my personal long term mean here in Albuquerque’s near northeast heights:

Water year rainfall at the Heineman-Fleck house

* Water managers here usually (though not for all purposes) measure their “water year” from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 in order to capture a single full winter rain/snow season and the following spring summer water usage season in one annual number.