Below are two charts detailing rainfall statistics at Oak Park. Table 1 is the average over the previous 30 years and table 2 refers to the rainfall levels for 2012.
table 1 table 2
Jan
|
61.8
|
Feb
|
45.4
|
Mar
|
44.1
|
Apr
|
47.1
|
May
|
51.3
|
Jun
|
44.4
|
July
|
46.3
|
Aug
|
52.8
|
Sept
|
54.4
|
Oct
|
77.8
|
Nov
|
67.9
|
Dec
|
63.4
|
year
|
656.6
|
Jan
|
37
|
Feb
|
16
|
Mar
|
27
|
Apr
|
122
|
May
|
28
|
Jun
|
132
|
July
|
86
|
Aug
|
61
|
Sept
|
57
|
Oct
|
95
|
Nov
|
106
|
Dec
|
93
|
year
|
861
|
However, April gave us something completely different. It was the wettest month locally since records began closely followed by the same in June. To top this all off, the other Summer months were also above average too, and as such, we ended up having the wettest Summer on record.
This has led us into the Winter with an already very high groundwater level and, coupled with the continued high rainfall levels, has caused us to implement the recent trolley bans to protect the courses for the longer term. Not only that but it has meant certain machinery cannot go out onto the course and in addition certain projects are thus put on hold in order to protect the courses further.