Pretty dry here

[Mike]

Rain barrel has been empty for the last few weeks, though it did rain for a very brief time the other day. Not much but enough to fill the rain barrel... this lake on the other hand, still very much empty.

 

[ErnieCopp]

Bone dry here, too and it will be four more months before we can even start hoping for Rain.

Ernie

 

[w_r_ranch]

Haven't had much rain here, although it is drizzling right now. We really need a good downpour with runoff... our stock tanks look like the one in Mike's picture.

 

[Mr_Yan]

We've been having a banner year. Near perfect until this week got cool - today was the warmest in the last week and we hit 78 F.

Copied from the NWS NOAA website

PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY: 0.00
MONTH TO DATE: 2.44
SINCE JUN 1: 10.50
SINCE JAN 1: 20.47

 

[Mike]

I should have posted this a long time ago. For the last day or two now it's been cloudy and very light rain, misting more than anything, just a little over 1/2" of rain so far. Need more but we'll take it.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Wish we had that much... we ended with .18"

 

[45 ACP]

We've been getting spotty rains here near the coast south of Houston. Not enough, but we'll take it.

 

[Rahab222]

My section near Houston has had morning or evening showers every day through last Thursday. Now we're bone dry again. It sure doesn't take long before we need a good soaker. It's starting to look and feel like the end of July.

 

[Slowngreen]

We got pounded with rain last week.

This was in Twin falls Id.

 

[ErnieCopp]

I hope it did not ruin a lot of hay. We usually only got two cuttings in Bonners Ferry and the rain usually ruined one of them.

Ernie

 

[Mike]

We too got some rain last week, about 2 inches.

 

[w_r_ranch]

I only wished we'd get pounded... I got cracks everywhere.

Don't take keys in the pastures, if you drop them you may be doing a lot of digging to recover them.

 

[Slowngreen]

Ive heard it ruined some crops but our water had been off for a few weeks already so it soaked right in. Was supposed to have our barley thrashed the day it started though and now its still waiting. A couple guys a haul hay for though had their hay down and it molded really bad, all they can do is rake it and hope it will dry out.
I know there where a few stacks that got baled after the first rain storm last week and after a couple days of hot dry heat they caught fire already from too much moisture inside. Doesnt pay to get in a hurry...unless you have insurance I guess lol.

 

[ErnieCopp]

i had a stack start smoking or steaming one time, but it was near the road and i saw it in time to tear it down before a fire started, It does not tatke much rain to ruin hay, for sure.

Ernie

 

[finkikin]

We got pounded with rain last week.

This was in Twin falls Id.

Dang! Hope you have a jon boat.