Table 1.  Precipitation in the Delaware River Basin above Montague, New Jersey

[All values, except percentages, in inches]

Month

December 1940 to
November 2001
Monthly Average

December 2001 to November 2002

Amount

Percent
of average

Excess (+) or deficit (-)

Month

Cumulative

 

 

 

 

 

 

December

3.36

2.80

83

-.56

-.56

January

3.00

2.03

68

-.97

-1.53

February

2.65

1.59

60

-1.06

-2.59

March

3.35

3.59

107

+.24

-2.35

April

3.73

3.89

104

+.16

-2.19

May

4.19

5.94

142

+1.75

-.44

June

3.96

5.74

145

+1.78

+1.34

July

4.07

1.32

32

-2.75

-1.41

August

3.83

3.31

86

-.52

-1.93

September

3.86

5.40

140

+1.54

-.39

October

3.35

6.30

188

+2.95

+2.56

November

3.79

3.96

104

+.17

+2.73

12 months

43.14

45.87

106