The internet

[MrPots]

Odd, for all the promise of the internet, I have found that it's almost impossible to find good information on it. Even simple information. I've spent the last half hour trying to find out how much rain we've had locally in 2016. You'd think that would be easy, but no. You can find out everything BUT that simple bit of information. Unfortunately we've filled the internet with so much crap, so much information we don't need, that simple bits of information are no longer easy to find.

Time and time again I search for a simple bit of information, and I'm forced to read through pages upon pages of information I don't care about in the hope that what I'm looking for might be included in the search result. When I search for rainfall totals, I do not want to read the regions weather history, how it has shaped the landscape, who benefits from it and every little nuance of the weather. All I want is the information I asked for.

So most times I just give up and say fuck it.

[Dondilion]

Try www.theweathercollect.com

or google: AMOUNT RAINFALL area period

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Try www.theweathercollect.com

or google: AMOUNT RAINFALL area period

I've tried everything. That site take me to raintree GA weather stats(none are YTD rainfall totals) But thanks....

[donquixote99]

That one was a little tricky. I searched for 'dayton OH annual rainfall 2015' in Google. First two hits only gave historical average climate data. The third was sort of good: got me to https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDAY/ That's the Dayton airport. Came up on the history for 1/3/2014 for some reason. But it also offered 'monthy' and 'custom' data. I clicked on custom, and entered the period Jan 1 2015 to Dec 31 2015. That gave the answer: 41.11 inches.

Give me the town you need and I'll give it a shot.

Ah, just noticed you're after '2016 to date.' Had 2015 in my head for some reason. Well, this thing can do that....

We're always smarter together than by ourselves. The internet can help with that.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

That one was a little tricky. I searched for 'dayton OH annual rainfall 2015' in Google. First two hits only gave historical average climate data. The third was sort of good: got me to https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDAY/ That's the Dayton airport. Came up on the history for 1/3/2014 for some reason. But it also offered 'monthy' and 'custom' data. I clicked on custom, and entered the period Jan 1 2015 to Dec 31 2015. That gave the answer: 41.11 inches.

Give me the town you need and I'll give it a shot.

Ah, just noticed you're after '2016 to date.' Had 2015 in my head for some reason. Well, this thing can do that....

We're always smarter together than by ourselves. The internet can help with that.

This ^^^^^^

Studying weather outlook for planning work, and historical weather data analysis as it relates to its effects on telecommunications are both a big part of the work I've been doing up here for two decades. You'll have a hard time finding more comprehensive data than what's available at wunderground.com
(no affiliation).

As far as finding info on the internet in general, I love it. Yes, it can take some time to find exactly what you want, but it beats the hell out of not having information to even try to sift through.
When I was a kid, Mom bought the Funk & Wagnall encyclopedias one at a time through a promotional at the grocery store. That was all we had at home. If it wasn't in there, sorry charlie.
At school you had the library, and it was no different than the internet. If you wanted to find something, you usually had to look for a while, and work on your search abilities.
Or you could just say fuck it and give up.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

This ^^^^^^

Studying weather outlook for planning work, and historical weather data analysis as it relates to its effects on telecommunications are both a big part of the work I've been doing up here for two decades. You'll have a hard time finding more comprehensive data than what's available at wunderground.com
(no affiliation).

As far as finding info on the internet in general, I love it. Yes, it can take some time to find exactly what you want, but it beats the hell out of not having information to even try to sift through.
When I was a kid, Mom bought the Funk & Wagnall encyclopedias one at a time through a promotional at the grocery store. That was all we had at home. If it wasn't in there, sorry charlie.
At school you had the library, and it was no different than the internet. If you wanted to find something, you usually had to look for a while, and work on your search abilities.
Or you could just say fuck it and give up.

Exactly. I said in another post that the internet has "democratized" information. By that I mean that, because of the internet, pretty much everything in the way of information is available to everyone. You just have to figure out the right search string, usually by trial and error, and hey presto! There it is.

And I love Weather Underground!

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

This ^^^^^^

Studying weather outlook for planning work, and historical weather data analysis as it relates to its effects on telecommunications are both a big part of the work I've been doing up here for two decades. You'll have a hard time finding more comprehensive data than what's available at wunderground.com
(no affiliation).

As far as finding info on the internet in general, I love it. Yes, it can take some time to find exactly what you want, but it beats the hell out of not having information to even try to sift through.
When I was a kid, Mom bought the Funk & Wagnall encyclopedias one at a time through a promotional at the grocery store. That was all we had at home. If it wasn't in there, sorry charlie.
At school you had the library, and it was no different than the internet. If you wanted to find something, you usually had to look for a while, and work on your search abilities.
Or you could just say fuck it and give up.

Sometimes I do. Other times I say "OK Google" and walk away amazed at how well it works...for trivia and stuff...

[Tom Joad]

The internet is awesome.

I found out what the weather was like in my birthplace, Clearwater Florida, on the day I was born on this site.

http://farmersalmanac.com/weather-history/

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

When I was a kid, Mom bought the Funk & Wagnall encyclopedias one at a time through a promotional at the grocery store. That was all we had at home. If it wasn't in there, sorry charlie.

I've always been a data nut myself.

Ever since I was about 9 years old I would get a new copy of the "Information Please Almanac" By the end of the year I would have worn it out looking up stuff. No more need for that. I love the net.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

That one was a little tricky. I searched for 'dayton OH annual rainfall 2015' in Google. First two hits only gave historical average climate data. The third was sort of good: got me to https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDAY/ That's the Dayton airport. Came up on the history for 1/3/2014 for some reason. But it also offered 'monthy' and 'custom' data. I clicked on custom, and entered the period Jan 1 2015 to Dec 31 2015. That gave the answer: 41.11 inches.

Give me the town you need and I'll give it a shot.

Ah, just noticed you're after '2016 to date.' Had 2015 in my head for some reason. Well, this thing can do that....

We're always smarter together than by ourselves. The internet can help with that.

Thank you, this worked. Too much information out there. Finding what you want can be trying.