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#TuesdayRain of 2021

2021 was a rather weak year in our historic Tuesday Rain tracking, with 18 total Tuesday precipitation events. (Locally, we probably should have followed Friday’s frequent monsoons, instead!)

March, April, and November of 2021 notched zero instances of Tuesday precipitation, contributing to the lower overall count last year. 2020 saw 27 Tuesday weather events, with 2019 marking 31 and 2018 experiencing 29, for comparison. So far we are off to a sluggish start in 2022, with 2 total Tuesday rain or snow events thus far.

Regardless, the weather and taxes are a few things we can depend upon in life, and my friends and I will record Tuesday rain events for the indefinite future. Thanks for playing along with us.

*Photo Credit: 2021 Horses calendar, Greenbrier International, Inc.

Tuesday Rain in a Stormy 2020

2020 was a bizarre year as we all know, and the trend affected our Tuesday precipitation tracking as well. We were at a low total when compared to other recent years, with 27 overall Tuesday precipitation events in our region during 2020. Still, the Tuesday weather patterns are quite remarkable given that, generally and historically-speaking, more than half of Tuesdays annually experience rain and/or snow. Mostly, we just love the epic horse calendar of 2020!

2021 is off to a strong start, with precipitation occurring on 6 out of 8 Tuesdays thus far. Bring it on!

#TuesdayRain, Continued

Tuesday precipitation brought us all together again in 2019, with folks from Twitter, healthcare, work, and beyond taking notice of the water droplets on their windshields or their Tuesday raincoat necessities.  #TuesdayRain is here to stay, it seems.  The first two Tuesdays of 2020 have followed the precedent thus far.

2018 provided lofty goals, ending the year with 29 Tuesday precipitation events involving rain and snow.  Admittedly, I had my doubts that we could surpass those numbers in our 2019 southern New England / Boston Tuesday-rain-tracking calendar, particularly given that March 2019 was a “dry Tuesday” month.  However, an end of the year Tuesday precipitation rally yielded big results; we concluded 2019 with 31 total Tuesday precipitation events!  In our geographical region’s recent history, it is more likely than not to precipitate on Tuesdays.

As we collect more Tuesday data, it has been interesting to compare the calendars from different years.  Often, similar trends appear in the respective months.  For example, May 2018 and 2019 both experienced 3 Tuesday precipitation events, while October 2018 and 2019 each logged 4 Tuesday rain storms.  Often, the precipitation events occur around the same dates in these successive years.

At the risk of sounding corny, I have enjoyed the simplicity of shared human connection through #TuesdayRain endeavors.  A single umbrella or snowflake emoji, a coworker pointing at the window in awe of the weather, a trend that my friend, Krissy, and I will always be happy that we discovered together- all of that brings joy to the weekly routine of life.  Thirty-one precipitation events will be a tough bar to raise in 2020, but here’s to many more.

 

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*November Calendar photo credit: “Sunrises & Sunsets 2019 12 Month Calendar” imported by Greenbrier International, Inc.

#TuesdayRain

There are -or at least there should be- a few main constants in life:

Church

School

Work

Therapy

And Weather

On many Tuesdays in 2017 and 2018, I awoke to a single umbrella emoji texted from one of my best friends from college, Krissy:

And so, #TuesdayRain officially became ‘a thing.’

Tuesdays are notoriously busy- often jam-packed with work meetings, extracurricular activities, medical appointments, sporting events, dating, and the like- for me and my fellow Millennial friends.  Eventually we noticed that during our hectic Tuesday pace, there was usually one predominant theme: rain.  And in the winter, there was snow, which is just cold rain after all.

In 2017, Krissy and I lamented that we had not tracked the Tuesday weather on paper.  The more we mentioned this phenomenon to others in our local area, the more heads nodded in confirmation of requiring raincoats on Tuesdays.  In 2018, we resolved to document the Tuesday precipitation events on a calendar.  Although analyzing the weather patterns of every day of the week would make for a more scientific inquiry, it surely would not be as fun.  There’s just something about solo Tuesdays.

 

“Beautiful outside, isn’t it?” the parking lot attendant quips as I pull my car into the safety of the dry garage.

“It rains almost every Tuesday!” I retort, sprinting towards the office doors.

 

“Fun fact: Did you know that it has rained for 11 out of the past 12 Tuesdays?” became the most creative introductory line on dating apps this fall season, in our humble opinions.

 

The rain is my loyal companion when commuting to and from Tuesday doctor’s appointments in Boston traffic.  No matter the health prognosis, life somehow goes on for the moment, as evidenced by the steady cadence of the droplets falling on the windshield.

“Look at that sky!” is how my doctor and I often begin our sessions.

 

In 2018, it precipitated on 29 Tuesdays in southern New England / Boston.  November 2018 is particularly notable, having rained every Tuesday that month.  For the record, the first day of 2019 was a Tuesday.  And of course it rained!  Our meticulous calendars reflect this data.

Yet, I also know this because my mind hones in on such dates and patterns, weaves the world together in this way.

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I spent the larger part of my “adulting” years, unfortunately, yelling at God.  “Why does my mind have to be stuck on that thought, that painful memory?!!” and so on.  I lost so much time engaging in these cycles while somehow managing to survive, and, even, to succeed, at various endeavors.  Now, I simply try to be cognizant of this concept and to move forward.

Despite the chaos, however, I have still experienced brief moments resembling peace, rare times when my mind was so fixated on the colorful pattern of the Oriental rug or the pitter-patter of the rain that I finally knew quiet in the midst of the loud.

#TuesdayRain has been that calming song, that unifying presence in the community, that dependable force no matter how turbulent the times.  Truly good friends, good doctors, and heck, even good parking lot attendants, are hard to come by.  How blessed are we to get to weather the storms in awe together.

 

 

*Calendar photo credits: Salve Regina University 2018 Calendar