What we have in common with the 49ers: Rain in June

06/28/2011
By Alison Hawkes

Sigh. Another rainy day … and it’s almost July?! It’s not just the tourists – who typically turn up here in shorts – who are confused. Inhabitants of the Bay Area is experiencing a record-breaking rainy June, the likes of which was last seen in 1849 during the Gold Rush. So far this month, 1.21 inches have fallen in downtown San Francisco, the fourth highest on record. The high Sierras, already in deluge from 70 feet of melting winter snow, will get up to 5 more feet of the stuff today. [Read more - San Francisco Chronicle].

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