No Rain

[Don McCombs]

Hasn't rained the entire month of September here in Mountain Maryland. Fortunately the garden is just about finished. Everything else needs a drink, though.

[Bezirk]

Same here in western, central Virginia we are very dry fortunately crops matured before dry spell, but we really need rain. It looked as though we would get some hurricane rain, but it all went around us .

Berlin

[ricky racer]

On the plus side, lack of rain helps keep the mosquitoe numbers down....

[Jackman]

Was a wet summer in NY but a somewhat dry Sept

[Eugene]

5 weeks in this part of Missouri with no significant rain, only a few very light showers. Not quite enough to settle the dust.

Been watering the flowers and the house garden for 3 weeks.

Will mow the lawn tomorrow to cut the crab grass and weeds. Regular lawn grass stopped growing weeks ago.

Edit. Drive over 2 low water crossings to get to acreage. Water under both crossings is spring fed unless it rains. Both crossings are down to a bare trickle.

[Bob McCarty]

We've had over 2" in the past week which is real unusual for September. All the fields and pastures are still green.

[T-Mo]

No amount of significant rain in my part of Missouri for about 2 months or more. Very, very dry.

[Jackman]

In NY it was a cold dry Spring with a late bud killing frost, Summer came in by the date but the temps were low hardly felt like Summer , we had rain about every three or four days untl about 2 1/2 weeks ago when it dried up and got really hot high 80's and 90's, todays extended forecast is for a week of dry warm weather ,after the Summer we had dry and warm feels darn good

[Don McCombs]

First frost last night. Not a heavy one, but the ground was white this morning.

[Bezirk]

Last Monday we had 94 , this morning 32 and light frost, still no rain .

Berlin

[ScottyD'sdad]

2 1/2 inches for the month of September, about an inch below normal. August was 2 inches below normal. Crops did well, in spite of the lck of moisture.
Ed

[Dennis]

FYI: This site will show you the current national drought conditions: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

It's showing dry to moderate drought for portions of eastern Missouri.

What's going on in Montana?

[Eugene]

Checked my deer food plot today. Plants are only 1 to 2 inches tall. Should be well over a foot tall.

Pasture grass has been eaten down. From the cow patties, cattle are still there, should be rotated to another pasture. Not sure of the condition of the cattle owner's other pastures. Have the feeling that the cattle are feeding in the timber, eating browse and available grass.

Should have started watering the garden much earlier. Appears that I have lost about 1/2 of my strawberry plants. Only 3 of my 24 planted garlic cloves has sprouted - planted 6 weeks ago.

[v w]

Not only dry but unseasonably warm. State a week or so ago said sw MI was moderate drought whatever that means. Rototilled garden this afternoon and just dust. Only things left to water are tomatoes, radishes, spinach, zuc, and flowers. 81 now, normal is mid 70 but late Sep saw 6 days of 90's. Total of 10 90 degree days this year with the other 4 in early July. Been a cool summer with canning tomatoes 2 weeks late. Forecast to rain in a couple of days. Now it will rain. Farmers are starting to harvest beans. Vern

[Donegal Cub]

Wettest August in Sixty years here. Farms flooded houses flooded widespread damage to roads, bridges, crops. It will take millions to fix, winter fodder will have to be hauled in from other parts of Ireland. Donegal suffered the worst of it. September not much better, farmers at wits end.
Bernard
Donegal Cub.