From midnight to 4 a.m., we recorded about 2 inches of rain and over a half-inch more from then until 8 a.m..

A half an inch of rain is nice, but we could use a whole lot more.

By Tuesday, the storm should drop another inch of rain in the Willamette Valley and two to three inches of rain along the coast and the foothills of the Cascades.

If Wally gets excited and gives him an inch, ... it's going to be two or three inches.

The total for the year is only 19.46 inches. Of this amount, only .13 of an inch fell in December on three dates. The driest month of 2005 was November, when no moisture was recorded. The next driest month was April, with only .12 of an inch of rain.

Normally at this time of the year, we should have about 11.91 inches of rain. So this year we're way below normal, but it rained on the Rose Parade for the first time in 50-some years. And last year, we had record rains, and it didn't rain on the parade. So go figure.