Needing rain bad. How bout you?

[sixdogs]

Central Ohio is very dry and temps expected to be upper 90's for the next several days. Worse, the wind has picked up.
It's mostly crop ground around here so I don't think fire risk is all that great but we're getting to the point where a grass fire in other parts of the state could get out of control real easy. There has been spotty and sufficuent rain to the south of here but you had to be in the right place at the right time.

 

[bigballer]

Our well also used to run dry many years before summer's end, making it necessary for us to shower at the Y and haul water from town out to the farm, so I have a THING about having enough water (rain barrel system, swimming pool, and upcoming pond) and feel very lucky that I live in such a rainy climate.

You add a positive spin to these grey wet days.. 4 years of below average (colder and wetter spring ) weather is starting to wear on me. Sometimes I find myself dreaming about a move south or east (of the Cascades) to escape this weather but then we get one sunny warm day and I quickly forget the last 2 weeks of rain..

 

[Pilot]

Man, it's dry here in western Oregon. Haven't had any rain for at least an hour or two. And at 5:15 in the evening it's a sweltering 58 degrees. Fortunately, most of the day was in the low 50's.

 

[Depmandog]

Weatherman said this has been the second driest three month period since they started recording in the late 1800's.

Temps approaching and expected to exceed 100 degrees, along with the high humidity, no rain. Almost enough to make a guy grumpy. However we have had a breeze which makes the heat at least tad bearable.

But, just when we start to feel sorry for ourselves, we are blessed that we haven't had a rash of fires. You have to feel for the folks in Colorado. They have huge stands of dead pine from the pine borer - that's a LOT of fuel for those fires. Mother nature, she is unpredictable that's for sure!

 

[BX25HD]

We have not had rain in Jackson, OH since early May. I planted 1/2 acre of corn, and none of it started.:mur:

 

[Lady Tonka]

Man, it's dry here in western Oregon. Haven't had any rain for at least an hour or two. And at 5:15 in the evening it's a sweltering 58 degrees. Fortunately, most of the day was in the low 50's.

Hope you're slathering on the sunscreen, lol.

Be of good cheer! Here's what the Old Farmer's Almanac predicts for the end of June and July here -- notice the words "sunny" and "very warm" and "turning hot." It might break 80 degrees yet west of the Cascades!

JUNE 2012: temperature 63.5ｰ (2ｰ above avg. north, 5ｰ above south); precipitation 1.5" (avg.); Jun 1-12: Sunny; cool, then very warm; Jun 13-18: Rain, then sunny, warm; Jun 19-27: Showers, then sunny, turning hot; Jun 28-30: Sprinkles, then sunny, cool.

JULY 2012: temperature 65.5ｰ (1ｰ above avg.); precipitation 0.1" (0.4" below avg.); Jul 1-5: Sunny, turning hot; Jul 6-11: Sunny, seasonable; Jul 12-17: Showers, then sunny, warm; Jul 18-27: Showers, then sunny, hot; Jul 28-31: Sunny, cool.

 

[sweettractors]

Dry in central KY. Pastures already gone dormant. No rain in the forecast. Ken Sweet

 

[dex3361]

Here in WV where I live it is dry. I watch the water level in the creek and it is at late August level and nearly dry. The grass is dormant and brown looking.

 

[sixdogs]

The interesting thing about being really dry in the clay of central Ohio is the amount of moistere trapped below the surface as well as the high water table. It's bone dry here but if I could get a shovel in the ground the soil would be damp just a couple inches down. Go figure. When we lived in the gravel soil of Maine, a three week drought had the soild really dry well below the surface and even big trees looked dry. Not that it matters but the water table here seems to be in the 40' to 80' range. Our well in Maine was well over 300'! Maybe that impacts things?

 

[blueriver]

We needed rain bad and have been recieving quite a bit with this storm that passed us in Gulf of Mexico.

Boone

News showed some areas really flooded ... did you get that as well?

 

[blueriver]

We have been fortunate up till now ... excellent spring and put up a bunch of hay ... now the heat, grasshoppers and no rain are wearing on us. Every hay field will be cut and baled by Monday ... second cutting and then that will be it until moisture returns. Will start irrigating Friday ... thats hard to do in 100 degree waether.

 

[toppop52]

We're dry and the grass is suffering but the farms are holding on, some with irrigation others doing ok on their own. One advantage I have is I'm sitting on top od the Paleo Channel and I have water 8'-10' below the surface and it will pump a 1.5" stream at wide open on the wash down pump forever.

 

[PatasColo]

Well TBN Team,
We got a lot of much-needed rain this weekend, but for some it was too much in certain areas. At our property, we got around 4 inches in a few hours! There were "creeks" running through our driveway and other areas of our property even 24 hours later. Fortunately, we experienced worse than this 2 years ago, so we knew what to expect and how to handle, and had even made some improvements (which worked!). Also, it has been so dry here that this rain is very welcomed. Our little frog pond on "the back 40" has finally got water in it again! :thumbsup: (it's very seasonal).

For the folks around the High Park Fire area (the one that made the news in northern Colorado; burned 125 square miles), mixed blessing. It is good that it puts out all the little smolderings over the whole area, but it also causes flooding due to the vegetation being gone. Here is a link to a local news source with an interesting video... the water looks like black oil... and be sure to seem the camper/truck nea rthe end deciding to cross the flooding going across the road (that's in the Poudre Canyon, north central Colorado, Saturday).
http://www.coloradoan.com/videonetwork/1724189678001?odyssey=mod|tvideo|article

-Mitch

 

[Fossil Farm]

Have had 5 "storms" since July 1. Plenty of clouds, wind, lightning and thunder. Got a total of one-third inch of rain combined. Storms come off Lake Erie, but are dry by the time they get here. Corn planted following hay last year is not looking too bad, but corn after wheat or beans are seriously curled and stunted. Beans are just sitting there. No rain in the forecast until maybe Sunday. Very few black raspberries and very few blackberries. Both are about 3 weeks ahead of normal. Plenty of poison ivy from the mild winter though. Just have to wait and see, I guess.

 

[shack0711]

It has been over 100 degrees here for the last 20 days with no rain.
All our grass is dead and now our beautiful Oaks are turning brown. Pines also dropping their needles.
However, it has been raining for the last 2 hours with a temp of 73 degrees! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Fixemall]

I've resorted to using the hydroseeder loaded with pond water and using the cannon on top to drive around to water everything, even at 500 gallons a load it still seems like not enough.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I noticed this morning we had 2-3 drops per square inch of rain on the deck. I think that is the first rain since the big storm 6/30.

I also noticed this morning my pasture now has NO GRASS. It is turning into a massive dust bowl... My poor horses...

Yesterday the forecast was 80% chance of Rain in Ladysmith. We did not get any.

I think even the dandylions are looking weak...

David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I also rode my Harley to work today (wife's Flex is in the shop, so she has my truck).

My wife said, "PLEASE ride the Harley, it might be the only way to get rain..."

David

 

[creekbend]

We received a tad over 2 inches of rain yesterday evening and last night. We were very dry and the creek was completely dry also before this much needed rain. There was some flooding and trees down in some parts of the County. More rainfall is expected throughout this week. I heard on the evening news last night that over half of the Country is currently experiencing drought conditions. Best wishes to everyone.

 

[sixdogs]

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I think even the dandylions are looking weak...

David[/QUOTE



With the dry weather this year I have finally, I believe, been able to kill off the mares tail weeds around here with 2,4-D. Their weakened state has made it a whole lot easier.