In September, visits to this blog were received from the following 27 countries:
This is the second month in a row where the total number of countries was unusually large. Also, the total number since November 2012 has increased to 128, the most recent being Kazakhstan identified above. The source of the one visit from Kazakhstan was not identified. The connection was probably by satellite internet.
The following is a summary of the weather for the month of September in the area where we live:
September and October are typically the worst months of the rainy season in Costa Rica. September was no exception. During the month we had two significant deluges - one on September 4 and the other on September 20, the latter of which produced a one day record downpour for the current year - over 3 inches (8 cm).
But, the deluge on September 4 which produced only about half the amount of rain on September 20 was even more remarkable. It was accompanied by very high winds. For a short time, the rain was literally blowing and whirling around sideways. The wind knocked over chairs and other stuff on our patio - almost like a mini tornado. Worse, it managed to drench and destroy the normally sheltered outdoor component of our digital thermometer. To keep outdoor records for the days which followed, we had to use the indoor component of the thermometer.
As of September 15 we received a new weather monitoring system. It not only measures and records high and low indoor and outdoor temperatures and humidities on a daily basis but also records rainfall on a daily, previous day, week, month, and all time basis. The "previous day" feature is great. In the past, we used a simple plastic tube rain guage. Consequently, some records for a given day might have included rainfall from late the previous night.
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