© Maggie Creamer/News-SentinelTom Gotelli, plant manager with O-G Packing, holds cherry blossoms in an orchard Friday, March 25, 2011. With the rain and wind during the past weeks, Gotelli is worried bees will not pollinate some of the blossoms and other plants could suffer from blossom rot.
In the past week, Lodi has received three times more rain than normal, causing everyone to pull out their rain coats and farmers to worry about how some of their crops are faring.
From March 18 through 4 p.m. Friday, the Stockton area received 1.8 inches of rain, said John Feerick, a senior meteorologist at
AccuWeather.com, a private forecasting service. The average precipitation for that week is usually 0.55 inches.
According to
News-Sentinel records, Lodi received even more rain - 3.30 inches during that time period.
Below is a summary of how this is affecting the Lodi area.