Apparently "rain year" and "water year" are not necessarily the same thing.? USGS uses Oct-Sept for the water year, but I'm not finding anything immediately on NWS and the rain year.? Good question for Cliff Mass!
https://water.usgs.gov/nwc/explain_data.html

Peggy MundyBothell, WA



From: Jane Stewart <jstewart at olympus.net>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2017 4:06 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] rain year -- off topic

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