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Originally Posted by Buzzard
We're at the high end of a cold semi-arid climate in Calgary. Average 17 - 20 inches of precip. per year. (1971-2000). Without looking it up, I'd guess since 2000 we've averaged more than that though. Trouble is it isn't ever spread out. Like Jimmy Stang said, we get the huge dumps of snow in the spring, along with the June monsoon. That's about our only guaranteed moisture. The rest is pretty much hit and miss thunderstorms, and spotty snow/rain showers. All in all, we live in a pretty dry place when 10 inches a year is considered true desert.
Makes me think of this good ol' Ian Tyson song.
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Between 2000 and 2009 we averaged 16.5 inches of precipitation.