This morning we added up our records of weather data for 2014. To date (including snow) we've had 64" of rain. Our annual average is typically 96" of rain making Highlands a temperate rain forest. Of course, we essentially have 2 more months to go but it looks like we will be well under for the year. I adjust snowfall using the assumption 1" rain = 10" snow or vice versa.
64" of rain seems like a severe drought! However, consider the following cities average rainfall totals:
Atlanta 49"
Birmingham 53"
Orlando 51"
Miami 62"
Chicago 37"
Dallas 37"
Philadelphia 42"
San Diego 10"
What is considered a drought in our area would be monsoon season in others!