Rainy Season

When we arrived here in January, San Jose was in the middle of dry season. The weather in January and February was just awesome! We had high temperatures in the mid 70s and tons of sun, and when it was cloudy the sky was beautiful!

Things have changed a little. March and April got a little hotter and with May came the beginning of rainy season. It rained a few times in the first 4 months we were here, but since we started May it has rained almost everyday. I tried to find the actual rainfall amounts for the past months and especially for the past 2 weeks or so, but was not successful. However, on average, San Jose gets about 3 inches of rain between the beginning of January and the end of April. Then, in May the average jumps to about 9 inches.

In the last week it has rained all but 1 day (I think) and we had big time serious thunderstorms on both last Thursday and Saturday. Saturday we even lost electricity for about 2 hours. We are going to have to get used to being wet because May is just the beginning of the rainy season and the rainfall is higher still in Sept. and Oct. The rainy season doesn't really end until mid-November and we will be leaving here in the early part of December.

Thank you, Lord for umbrellas and raincoats!