Nyboy
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Not this year, April has been very dry so far. April in NY is suppose to be very wet with lots of rain. Hope there is no drought this season.
April Showers Bring Mays Flowers
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Bite your tongue, Nyboy! We don't want to encourage the Fates with language like that! I am still getting over the drought of 2012 -- some plants still need replacing from that awful year.
South-est, central-est Wisconsin has had a good year for precipitation. The water table is high enough that some fields can be seen with area of puddling after a week of sunshine. Hopefully, some of that rainfall will continue on to the East. I'll be blowing to the East each time a storm is passing through.
South-est, central-est Wisconsin has had a good year for precipitation. The water table is high enough that some fields can be seen with area of puddling after a week of sunshine. Hopefully, some of that rainfall will continue on to the East. I'll be blowing to the East each time a storm is passing through.
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Funny we got a good rain last night !!
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We have already dried out enough that I'm pulling hoses at jobs to water shrubs while waiting for sprinkler systems to get turned back on. We've had unusual heat and I'm sunburned in April.
But we had a storm move in and we got some fantastic lightening and downpours last night.
Washed the pine pollen out of the air for the time being and it smells lovely outside.
But we had a storm move in and we got some fantastic lightening and downpours last night.
Washed the pine pollen out of the air for the time being and it smells lovely outside.
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Love the air after a good rain.
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It rained off and on for 24 hours. Since the closest airport weather station says precipitation only amounted to 1/8", you know it was more off than on.
It felt like more. A "good rain" during our growing season amounts to about 1/4". It felt like a "good rain," here at home. However, a high of 63°f and virtually no sun breaks means that there was no quick evaporation and it was a little chilly, when I got wet a couple of times.
I wonder how others consider a climate like this. I haven't been hanging out in the fir and spruce. Haven't been down on the water, but you can't be too far from water and still be on level land in this valley. I've seen 1 mosquito this year. I also wonder how long, with how much heat, it takes for mosquitoes to generate themselves in the spring.
Having grown up with lots of the nasty bugs, it is a relief to be away from them, almost always.
After fairly wet winter months, on average, we are short on the about 1" of normal April rain.
Steve
It felt like more. A "good rain" during our growing season amounts to about 1/4". It felt like a "good rain," here at home. However, a high of 63°f and virtually no sun breaks means that there was no quick evaporation and it was a little chilly, when I got wet a couple of times.
I wonder how others consider a climate like this. I haven't been hanging out in the fir and spruce. Haven't been down on the water, but you can't be too far from water and still be on level land in this valley. I've seen 1 mosquito this year. I also wonder how long, with how much heat, it takes for mosquitoes to generate themselves in the spring.
Having grown up with lots of the nasty bugs, it is a relief to be away from them, almost always.
After fairly wet winter months, on average, we are short on the about 1" of normal April rain.
Steve
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I wish it would actually get it over with in April so that the ground would be ready to till in May. Looking at the 10-day forecast, it appears we are in for our usual WV monsoon season. It's warm enough to till and plant now, if I can get it done in the next day or two. Otherwise I'll be inside twiddling my thumbs while it pours the rain until Memorial Day. That's usually what happens anyway.
