Wettest year I've seen

[Elric]

Beau-coup water here in southern Wisconsin. Got another inch last night. Been a rain train pretty much all of last week, and the rain will flare up a few times until Thursday next week. Woodcock cover down here sort of resembles a beach with the tide coming in. Seems like there are birds, but the rain and standing water makes for a less than enjoyable outing...

Al Gore promised us hot and dry. I remember 2012? was so dry some normally wet sedges only had thin and short cover... Walk around in canvas boots and still be dry... Not this year. Some corn fields were harvested, maybe a tenth to a quarter. Everything else in low areas is most likely going to stay until it freezes...

 

[RBHarter]

My SIL in Phoenix said the Monsoon season brought them 3.64 through the whole of the Spring and early summer . The remains of the Hurricane dumped 3.68 on them in 48 hr last week . I'm told that it's dry here in the green hell just a foot since the 10 of June .

 

[fiver]

we had a wet spring and then a long dry hot [for here] period during the summer.
good for the wheat, and if you had water the potatoes were lovin it too.
that's changing rapidly back to wet and cold for the fall.

 

[JSH]

Missouri River has run above normal all summer. Up down up down played heck with my fishing for sure. Seems we were pretty dry in this area. Rains being spotty at best. Have heard corn yields from 25-170 bushel on dry land farm.
Apples got nailed with frost, then with little rain most are about the size of tennis balls. $2-3 per pound is what I have seen here at farm market and stores.

 

[JWFilips]

Here In NE PA I'm ready to just forget about this year. Wet Cold & Dark Spring into the start of summer.....We did have a nice July then afterwards it was just very Hot, Humid, Dark , and Rainey !
Lost my entire gardens along with 25 Tomato plants! I think I had just 4 eatable ones and they had no flavor!
There are weeds growing in my gardens and yard that I have never seen before. I just started picking some Ram's Head Mushrooms ! They are 1 month late! Seems like the Seasons are skewed
They are calling this our wettest and most humid weather on record

 

[JSH]

Rams head that's a new one on me got pictures or scientific name.

 

[KHornet]

Going on 4th day in a row of rain or drizzle.
Had one nice day in between 4-5 days of rain
and or drizzle. A good percentage of those days
were very windy, with gusts up to near 50. So,
I guess it will be what it is.

Paul

 

[JWFilips]

Sure do: "Maitake"

 

[Rex]

Western Nebraska was pretty wet for our area. Sure cut back on running the irrigation pivots. The boy ran the pivots more for chemigation purposes than irrigation water.

 

[Bret4207]

We had a wet winter and more or less normal spring. Then it got dry. I had all my hay done by very early July. The dry spell lasted and lasted and nothing grew. Then in late August it started raining again and it hasn't really stopped. We'll get Indian Summer eventually, but I need a week of low humidity and no rain for any more hay.

 

[Chris]

I'm south of Bret. Here it was a late wet spring and a summer like the Sahara. Laid down drip tape for the crops and did ok, certainly averted a disaster. The fall rains began 2 weeks ago. The oldtimers say you can't have winter until the swamps are full of water, so winter is on its way. Trying to finish fall field chores and get ready for winter forestry work.

 

[fiver]

had one confused Puppy this morning.
I let her out back and she went straight for the water bucket.
it was a frozen block and she couldn't figure out what had happened between 11 pm and 5 am, all she knew was something was screwing her out of getting the water and was not amused.

 

[Will]

This year we are 18” above our normal rainfall. Been horrible trying to bale hay.

I have the last of it down now and will hopefully be done for the year tomorrow.

I’m glad!! I’m ready to shoot and hunt.

 

[Rex]

We are trying to harvest and it won't dry out but we hate to complain because we've had years when there wasn't enough and that is worse.

 

[Chris]

Like they say, "in a drought you go broke, but in a flood you starve to death".

 

[Chandler]

I sometimes think I live in the wettest place on earth. On Galveston bay we get 50-60 inches a year and sometimes it is all at once. My 3+ acres had 4" standing water during Harvey but it all eventually runs into the bay. On the bright side, I'm 63 and have no (zero) age related wrinkles. Skin hydrated by atmosphere. When it stops raining for about a week here, the ground resembles a dry place, all crackled but that is just an illusion. I don't really like it here but here is where I am. We are supposed to get into the 60's next week and believe me, everyone around here is ready for that.

 

[fiver]

well it's here,,, up to 4"s of it expected between tonight and tomorrow morning.
not rain,,, it's too cold for that.

 

[Ian]

Chandler, I went to college at A&I, we used to joke about having to hack our way to class through the broiling humidity with machetes. I left in '96 and haven't seen salt water since.