No rain.

[fatjay]

0.00" rain in october.
0.25" rain in september.
2.21" rain in august
3.21" rain in july
0.91" rain in june
1.95" rain in may

Call me crazy, but this is desert rainfall levels. I needed to water my garden regularly. I barely mowed this summer.

Eastern PA has not been this dry as long as I can remember. Just a couple years ago we had major flooding from hurricanes in sept/oct.

 

[oosik]

Our fall/winter rainy season has started. We never get much but it's enough to make the field grass green and growing again. Since Jan - 2024 I've received 9.52 inches. And 1.78 inches in just the last week.

 

[mrmikey]

Same here in NS for the past 3 months or so. My daughters well gets low every summer to the point I have to haul water for it. Usually end 'round end of September at the latest so we don't have to worry about freezing tanks and fittings. I just hauled a load Monday and I imagine I'll have to haul another this weekend as well as there's been no appreciable rain for months.
Weather is definetly getting strange, Monday and Tuesday this week a daytime high of 20C (68F) this weekend supposed to be 4-5C (39F) with overnights to -4C (24F)

 

[Thomas]

Also well below normal rain fall,another concern ground usually starts freezing in month or so.

 

[Oaktree]

Also well below normal rain fall,another concern ground usually starts freezing in month or so.

I'm a couple hours north of you and just the opposite here. The ground is still kinda soggy from all the rain we got in July & August. We have a seasonal brook that runs thru our property...usually it's dry by early-mid summer. Never even came close to that this year. Got a section of the property that isn't gonna get bush-hogged this year because the ground is still wet there.

 

[ponytug]

Also well below normal rain fall,another concern ground usually starts freezing in month or so.

And in dry soils, frost depths can be much deeper than historic norms. We had a very dry fall on year, and the frost line went from 3' to 11' and that depth caused trouble with municipal water lines that were 8-10' under the streets.

Just something to watch for.

All the best,

Peter

 

[kenmbz]

I am south of you, we only had .5" in July.
0 in August
0 in September
0 in October
.03 so far in November.

second burn ban in 8 years.

3 Filed fires in the are so far.

Canal is empty, usually have 5' of water by this time.
We are quite a few inches below normal. I have to water bushes and trees as they are so stressed.

This was along the canal last night, note 0 water in this area, should be up about 3' here this time of year.

 

[WVH1977]

Had good rain in the summer but it has been real dry now for weeks. Dusty and Crunchy. Not normal for Virginia this time of year.

 

[kenmbz]

We have not had rain since mid-July.
Have had multiple filed fires in the area.
We usually have lots of rain Sep-Oct.

 

[Hay Dude]

0.00" rain in october.
0.25" rain in september.
2.21" rain in august
3.21" rain in july
0.91" rain in june
1.95" rain in may

Call me crazy, but this is desert rainfall levels. I needed to water my garden regularly. I barely mowed this summer.

Eastern PA has not been this dry as long as I can remember. Just a couple years ago we had major flooding from hurricanes in sept/oct.

I was told we were in a “Category 1 drought”, if that’s actually a thing.

2nd cutting was low yield here in SEPA and North Delaware.

 

[slckeys]

Only nice thing I find is blowing dry leaves is easier than the soggy ones that get mashed into the ground cover. But yeah... My creek is way lower than usual.

 

[fatjay]

There's nothing in the 10 day either.

Yesterday a friend was mowing leaves. They bunched up in front of the tractor against the exhaust, and caught fire. He ran into the house and got the fire extinguisher. Fortunately it didn't spread but his tractor engine and hood were all melted. Fortunately it didn't hit his fuel tank.

 

[bcp]

If I could figure how to send you some...

Bruce

 

[EddieWalker]

Weather has more of a ten year cycle then a yearly cycle. One year is wetter then the others, another year is dryer, but when you look at the decade long amounts, it's always about the same.

 

[orezok]

Been living in the desert for 25 years and this is the first year when we had 0” of monsoon rain.

 

[RSKY]

There's nothing in the 10 day either.

Yesterday a friend was mowing leaves. They bunched up in front of the tractor against the exhaust, and caught fire. He ran into the house and got the fire extinguisher. Fortunately it didn't spread but his tractor engine and hood were all melted. Fortunately it didn't hit his fuel tank.

I had the same thing happen twenty years ago. I had cleaned the leaves off the front of the mower once already when one of the kids came out and said that Mom was sick and in the house. I finished a round, put the mower in its building, and went inside to check on my wife. A few minutes late I heard a boom and the phone rang. Neighbor across the street asked me if I intended to burn my building. Said she heard footsteps on the phone and, "OH ****!!!!". The boom was a gas can blowing up. Lawn mower, sweeper, three chain saws, and all kinds of yard tools were jammed in the little building. Plug three five gallon cans full of gas. Total loss.

All the neighbors came over to watch it burn. The neighbor across the street said she couldn't believe she asked me if I intended to burn my building. Next door neighbor said, "I don't know, he's done some strange things over the years".

I've never let her forget that comment.

RSKY

 

[jyoutz]

Yesterday we had drizzling rain off and on. Today it has been snowing continuously and it’s supposed to keep up through tonight. Fortunately it’s a wet snow and won’t stick around. More is forecast for later in the week. We’re leaving in the morning to go visit the kids in Texas and Louisiana, so we go from snow to summer in a day.