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It’s unreal. I’ve been here for 27 years and I can’t ever recall a 3 week stretch like this one. My grass is growing 1” a day. They say it’s the extreme La Niña pattern, but it’s getting a little frustrating.This has been one of the wettest springs here on the colorado front range in my life time.
Front range cities average around 14” of precipitation a year and the entire front range corridor is basking in 8-10” of rain since May 1 and handful of places have hit 12-13”. And again, that’s only rain.
And we’ve hardly broken 80 degrees yet down here on the lower elevations. Snowpack is having a very nice slow melt so far. Reservoirs chock full, rivers are brimming.
Also, my truck is totaled from hail in early may and the roof has to be replaced. Crazy spring we’re having.
They (as in weather professionals) say El Niño has begun.They say it’s the extreme La Niña pattern, but it’s getting a little frustrating.
I can't remember the last time I looked at the drought monitor and have seen the western states looking this good. Hardly anything of concern west of the great plains. A few pockets of drought in the PNW. The upper Midwest however is not good. The drought here in central Wisconsin is getting pretty serious. Local food crops (peas, sweet corn, green beans) are the worst I've ever seen them and I'm hearing of horrible yields. Some field corn and soybeans are in rough shape and may not make it. Basically anyone that planted in late May/Early June in lieu of early May since there was a lot of rain in early May. Marshes are drying up fast and its going to be a rough fall waterfowl hunting if we don't get some rain and get it quick.
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I would be happy to give you some of our rain. In Cheyenne, we have had rain almost every day and experienced a lot of heavy downpours along with hail. We are well out of drought status at our neck of the woods.Colorado is drought-free for the first time since July 16, 2019. I wouldn't expect it to last long. I've had 0.24" of rain at my house since April 15.
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Not enough moisture to call south Dakota broiling wet.
I should lead with the fact that I'm entirely kidding lol. Me in NM has yet to see a thunderstorm, I think I'm at 0.3" since April. My wifes family in Vermont has been on flood watch so I'd call it anything but 'scorching dry'. And i think the entire Midwest was struggling with precip so hard that it's going to impact commodities prices, right? Classic Farmer's Almanac L in my opinion.Not enough moisture to call south Dakota broiling wet.
Also besides the last two weeks we've had a very mild summer imo.
I'd say swing and a miss for sd
Hahaha! That makes more sense now...I should lead with the fact that I'm entirely kidding lol. Me in NM has yet to see a thunderstorm, I think I'm at 0.3" since April. My wifes family in Vermont has been on flood watch so I'd call it anything but 'scorching dry'. And i think the entire Midwest was struggling with precip so hard that it's going to impact commodities prices, right? Classic Farmer's Almanac L in my opinion.
Sizzling for AZ is just a fact of lifeHahaha! That makes more sense now...
Sizzling was accurate for Arizona tho