I’m starting to think that this summer never really happened. It seems we went from springtime to fall without any of those long, hazy, lazy, days of summer. It was so dark and so wet. Most of the gardens in our area are complete losses. I know that mine is.
It has been the summer of rain. How much rain you ask? Well here is a quote from our local television station.
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A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING IF THIS IS THE WETTEST SUMMER EVER. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN 7TH PLACE, AND STILL CLIMBING
**Numbers are for Concord, the only area where official records go back to the 1800s. These numbers vary greatly from place to place, but give a basic idea. *Records are for precipitation for the months of June, July, and August.
1. 1897: 20.49 inches
2. 1887: 20.08 inches
3. 1872: 19.33 inches
4. 1915: 17.92 inches
5. 1903: 17.13 inches
6. 2006:16.46 inches
7. 2008: 16.08 inches (as of 6am, Tuesday 8/26)
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We have been able to use some of the fruit that we have salvaged. Certainly the peaches are getting a lot of use in jams, ad we have supplied our friends and neighbors with copious amounts of fruit. Soon our Stanley Plums will be ready. I’m not sure how many of those will be suitable for anything other than jam.
Well, it’s time passing isn’t it? Each year, going along, some seemingly normal and others like this year, definitely one of a kind.
Oh can you please send some of that rain our way??? Please??
We curently have only 62% (or there abouts) of water in the dams that feed into Sydney (serving c. 4.2m people!!
Mind you, we are up from under 50% though…
You are not the only one with a very wet summer ! Apart from 2 weeks normal summer heat and sunshine we had nothing from June till now ! I think we could sit in the garden maybe 5 times not more and could never do a barbecue! I think flippers would be better for my cats instead paws !
I wouldn’t mind some rain over here either. Put it in a package and send it over 🙂
Wow…. I can’t believe how different our weather has been. This summer has been the most pleasant that I’ve been around here for!!
You need years like this every now and again so that we all have a time when we get OLD where we can look back and say “I remember the blizzard of _____” or the summer of… or whatever! THIS is your year! The one your grandchildren will hear about when you’re 90!
Yuck, I hate rain. We haven’t had much of a summer either. I had to wear a sweatshirt the other day and it’s August! It’s crazy!
And I tagged you for a meme. 🙂
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