YHG&VA Rainfall Data

Inches	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	12 Mos.
1994-95	0	0	0	0	7.5	6.6	45.2	0.7	28.8	6.8	4.1	0	99.7
1995-96	0	0	0	0	0.4	16.9	15.2	16.6	6.4	5.4	7.4	0	68.3
1996-97	0	0	0	1.2	7.1	19.9	19.5	2.0	3.1	1.2	1.5	0.8	56.3
1997-98	0	1.0	0.8	2.9	15.1	6.1	22.5	35.3	10.1	3.9	9.4	0	107.1
1998-99	0	0	0	1.5	12.2	2.9	5.8	17.9	9.8	3.5	0	0	53.6
1999-00	0	0	0	1.9	10.1	1.3	13.3	20.2	4.3	4.1	1.9	0.5	57.6
2000-01	0	0	0.4	4.1	2.0	2.0	9.7	14.4	4.9	1.8	0	1.4	40.7
2001-02	0	0	0.1	1.6	13.4	16.5	8.0	4.0	4.8	0.9	1.2	0	50.5
2002-03	0	0	0	0	5.8	30.4	8.2	3.2	5.2	12.7	1.0	0	66.5
2003-04	0	0	0.3	0	5.9	20.8	7.3	18.5	2.4	2.1	0	0	57.3
2004-05	0	0	0.2	5.8	2.9	14.2	11.7	5.6	12.6	3.6	7.4	2.6	66.7
2005-06	0	0	0	2.1	6.2	26.3	11.1	8.5	18.0	12.4	1.0	0	85.6
12 Yr Avg.	0	0.1	0.2	1.8	7.4	13.6	14.8	12.2	9.2	4.9	2.9	0.4	67.5

LONG 123 deg 10.79 minW; LAT 38 deg 53.33N

Yorkville Highlands Rainfall Data
It rains quite a bit more in the Yorkville Highlands than it does in either of its neighboring appellations. In the last decade we've averaged nearly 68 inches (That's 5'8" or 1.73 meters). Seattle only averages 37 inches! The good news is that it doesn't rain much or often during the harvest season. Generally, we don't get more than a few sprinkles until the last week of October. This "Indian Summer" allows our grapes to hang until full maturity and helps us avoid washed-out vintages.

Modern Records:

Wettest Year: 107 inches - 1997/98 was an El Nino period that didn't help the '98 vintage
Wettest Month: 45.2 inches - January, 1995
Wettest Day: 7.30 inches - December 12, 1995
2nd Wettest Day: 6.60 inches - December 8, 1995
3rd Wettest Day: 5.95 inches - January 1, 1997