Editor's notebook

If anyone tries to tell you it always rains during the Curry County Fair, do not believe them.

It’s not true.

National Weather Service records show it’s only rained during 10 of the last 12 Curry County fairs.

Records show Clovis has seen at least 7/100ths of an inch of rain during fair week every year the last decade except for 2007 and 2003.

• Last year, it rained three different days, almost an inch overall.

• In 2013, it rained two different days, less than a quarter-inch total.

That was nothing to complain about when you consider:

• In 2006, the fair marked the first of nine consecutive days of rain — 3.51 inches from Aug. 14-22.

• In 2005, fairgoers got wet five out of six nights.

• On opening night 2010, Clovis saw 1.7 inches of rain.

• The last day of the 2008 fair saw 1.29 inches of rain.

August is traditionally the region’s wettest month, averaging almost 3 inches of rain, according to the Western Regional Climate Center.

And, yes, it looks like rain for the fair again this year.

The region was under a flash flood watch on Monday and forecasters predict a chance of rain again today and Saturday.

But don’t let anyone exaggerate the truth — it doesn’t rain every year during the fair; well, at least not every day.

— Editor’s Notebook is compiled by Editor David Stevens. Contact him at: [email protected] or find him on Facebook.