{"id":190,"date":"2024-09-19T20:56:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T00:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iayft.com\/?p=190"},"modified":"2024-09-19T20:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T00:58:32","slug":"wicked-dry-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iayft.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/wicked-dry-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked Dry September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have received around one-sixth of an inch of rain in the first 19 days of September and temperatures have been pretty consistently peaking in the 80s. My area in New Hampshire averages around 4 inches a month every month of the year and the climate depends on it. Three weeks without rain is far from a disaster, but it puts a strain on the fall season. Lawns go brown and dormant when they should be growing in a cool, wet season. Fall foliage is turning brown and falling a little earlier than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Drought Monitor shows a band through NH has now reached the D0, Abnormally Dry, phase. Source: https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/data\/png\/current\/current_nh_trd.png<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The CoCoRaHS data explorer Climatology page for my station, NH-MR-68, shows we’ve received only 7% of the normal rain we should expect at this point in the month. Source: https:\/\/dex.cocorahs.org\/stations\/NH-MR-68\/climatology<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, the forecast predicts we won’t see another day in the 80s this month, and we should see some rain next week. Hopefully, the foliage will recover and give us a good year, and a little rain will get the lawns back in shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have received around one-sixth of an inch of rain in the first 19 days of September and temperatures have been pretty consistently peaking in the 80s. My area in New Hampshire averages around 4 inches a month every month of the year and the climate depends on it. Three weeks without rain is far … <\/p>\n

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