Any such thing as a "general rain" any more?
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Topic: Any such thing as a "general rain" any more?
Posted By: darrel in ND
Subject: Any such thing as a "general rain" any more?
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 10:05am
| Seems that the wet/dry weather patterns are more prominent than ever this year. Right here at my place, I am pretty much "dry". I've had a little over 2 inches for the season, and 2 inches of that came so fast that it didn't do any good anyhow. Buddy of mine 20 miles south of me has had over 7 inches for the season. That's un-real for this area. But then, not more than 5 miles south of him, they've only had about an inch and a half. 20 miles west of me and beyond, the moisture situation is good. As I drive all around SW ND delivering chemical for my new job, I see the moisture situation is all over the board. Some places have water standing in the fields in the low spots, and other places, the crops are already suffering. Sure could use a week long soaker like we used to get once in a while. Darrel |
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Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 10:44am
| Everyone talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it! Mark Twain |
Posted By: polarbear
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 11:29am
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didn't know anybody that powerful god has his reasons |
Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 11:47am
| we are getting a 3 day rain right now I know what you mean Darrel it seems the same way here. |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 10:33pm
| Ya I've had close to 6" this past week. 1.75 of that tonight, but it just got muddy here tonight, mud holes finally have water in them. Friends 6 miles east have had 1/2 inch. They have thousands of acres of row crop needing rain and I've got a few acres of new seeding that doesn't need any, go figure. I wish all of you guys needing rain LUCK. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 11:01pm
| we usually have to rely on humidity to water our crops after they have emerged. but might get a few rains periodically. I too remember timely rains for our crops, but I think them volcanos screwed all the weather up. seems that ever since Mt st. Helens erupted, it hasn't been the same since. maybe you can install a pivot? I tried to help you out over the winter.... |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 7:07am
| I'm in a heck of a dry pocket. Just a few miles north or south have had some rain, even this past Saturday, not a drop for me. You watch the radar, see the rains coming, get about 20 miles away and break into 2 pieces and go north and south of me. We had about 3 tenths maybe 3 weeks ago, before that I don't remember a decent rain since it warmed up. |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 7:10am
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Weather for my location. A 3 month report from April to June Daily observations during the period of interest were compared to the same dates in the prior 10-year period (2008-2017). Figure 2 shows the assessment classifications for total precipitation and temperature. Figures 3 and 4 show the values recorded over the period, compared to the 10-year averages. Overall, in comparison with the 10-year period, precipitation conditions were determined to be unusually wet
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Posted By: Armand(AZ)
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 8:36am
| I can honestly say that I don't miss the gully washers we had in IA and the wet basement at times, but I DO miss IA!! Here in the desert we haven't had a drop of rain at our home in Mesa since last November. Here in the mountains, about 160 miles NE of Mesa we haven't had a drop of rain since getting here on April 15th. Fire alert here so no campfires, or open flames, or smoking outside of a vehicle or home!!! $500 fine if caught!! Monsoons should start in the valley later this month which means we should see some showers here before long. Had black bears here in the park recently looking for water! Oh, had a forest fire last week about 40 miles north of here caused by a guy dragging the ramps on his flat bed trailer on the highway. Burned 6500 acres before the got it under control!!! |
Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 9:00am
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In Virginia, we have had a very wet spring! rain constantly for the last few weeks. ------------- Charlie '48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 1:40pm
| We have had a wet spring here where I live in Ohio. This weekend we had 5.5" of heavy down pour that just went there in a streak north and south of us just got a little rain, that makes over 7" so far this month and we had over 7" last month. I am afraid it's going to turn dry and we will be crying for rain in a couple of month. |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2018 at 4:33pm
Here I thought with you
 was thinking this up as you drive around on this new job,you know no worries as you get a check drought or flood. But now I read they doing a study on this up in your neck of the woods. |
darrel in ND wrote:Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 2:08pm
| Now we are up to 9.4" of rain so far this month in only 13 days. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:35am
| Well, we got moisture here a couple times now, so things are looking more optimistic. With my son taking charge of the farming operation in my absence, I just hope and pray that he can get a good crop. He's been pouring his heart and soul into this thing, and I don't want to see him be let down. He's way behind on spraying, but trying hard to get caught up. Wish my job was just a little less time consuming so I could help him out a little more, but then the money wouldn't be as good. It's getting to be quite a juggling act to keep everything going. Darrel |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 7:26am
| Dry as a bone here. Honestly, haven't seen it this dry this early in probably......10 years? We had drought a couple years ago, but had some reserve going into June that time. This time, it hasn't rained "appreciably" since the snow melted. 1/2 inch or so mid May was about it. I have a LOT of money invested out there this year, trying to turn the farm around. Not feeling too good..... |
Posted By: steve fischer
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 7:47am
| in the last 10 days have had over 10 inches comes hard and fast fills all the low spots and runs over roads , I have 40 acres I have not been in yet and the fish and ducks are in it, swim up the water ditch from lake |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2018 at 10:44am
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If they fish get trapped when the water goes down you will have free fish or fertilizer. We had 103 yesterday and going up into high 90s today. Tom
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