[jmaler]

My favorite grandson came down from Las Vegas as soon as classes were over to spend seven weeks cutting and chipping cedar. We lost three out of the last four weeks to rain. Wet again today so it will be spent sticking 37 cuttings in plastic cups to root.

[Taverna78]

We just have 4.3 inch rain on Monday alone. That's a normal month rain fall. Everything is flooded.

[brettjm]

Brutal in GA right now....10 day forecast has an average high of about 98, with very little rain in sight. Baby figlets are not doing so hot in the scorching heat....bad time to be transitioning :-/

[eboone]

Wet, wet, wet here in SW PA. Some areas with minor flooding. My rain gauge showed 4 & 3/8 inches of rain over Saturday and Sunday, most places nearby got at least 2.5 inches. More rain (but much less) today, and predicted to have intermittent storms rest of week. My yard is still soggy. Despite this, the potted figs look good but after all that rain they probably need a fertilizer reapplication.

[COGardener]

We've been in a drought for the last decade, water restrictions have been nuts so I truely do feel your pain.

I actually removed my sod and zeroscaped because of it.

[Sarahkt]

It's getting pretty scary here in California now. While the winter storms sounded nuts on the East Coast this winter, they would have been a much-needed favor for us here. Now when we shower, we use a bucket to collect the water running while it's getting hot, and use it to water the garden. It's even more frowned upon to be seen watering your lawn than it is to go into a grocery store having forgotten your reusable grocery bags! My grass is completely brown except for weeds, but I can't let the garden go!

[dobemom]

We got rain finally...two and a half days of mostly downpour and temperatures in the low forties after a couple of weeks of high 70s and high 80s. I was at my dog breeder's house in MA pruning her Japanese maples on Sunday and I was getting hammered with hail part of the time. Today it's gorgeous out and warming up a little. All is good in my yard.

[Kelby]

Thank goodness we did, yes. My rain gauge said 3.5" Sunday through last night. A chance of some scattered showers most the week, too.

[drphil69]

I hope you got some of the rain that flooded NJ and other areas the last few days. I'm out of town this week but I got significant rain in northern DE Sunday night, with more expected. It's been a nuisance having to water everything regularly all spring, but on the bright side we don't have shortages/restrictions like CA!

[Kelby]

It was 91 Sunday and 59 today!

[COGardener]

And it is finally starting to dry out and warm up here. It has been so cold and rainy for the last month that most of my figs quit growing. It's way past time to get this growing season moving, I'm just now planting out veggies and such that should have been in the ground a month ago. I love the rain don't get me wrong.... Just wish I could spaced it out a bit.

[GregMartin]

Wet, wet, wet!!!

Nothing for a stretch and now it's coming all in one wave. Also went from hot to cold. Went from occasional AC to heating the house to keep it out of the 50's.

[Chrisk]

We ve been getting hammered by t-storms this past week and though you get all those busted limbs and monsoon rains ,at the end of the day I think the benefits are undeniable. The lakes are all full pool and everything grows amazingly well. There is very little or nothing we can do when mom nature gets angry so let's appreciate all the good we get and pray for those who suffer the worst .
Give thanks every day!

[Hershell]

Great news. We've started getting afternoon showers and they have helped the looks of everything.

[Kelby]

Yahoo, we got 2.5" overnight and more today and tonight! Pretty impressive thunderstorm, too.

[rusty hooks]

If you and the rest had just stopped the dancing...but nooooo

illegal to collect rainwater...what have we come to

[dobemom]

I hear you...our lawn is pretty much brown at this point. I've been watering like crazy and I've been putting off putting anything in the ground until things normalize. I've got three Japanese maples in pots I'm seriously afraid of killing if I transplant them.

As others have pointed out, it could be worse. I think a friend in northern Michigan had snow last week.

[ako1974]

I read in my local news today that NJ is pretty dry right now in terms of rainfall averages. We got a thunderstorm yesterday that watered everything nicely and filled one rain barrel. We're due another storm tonight it seems - hopefully filling the other rain barrel. Some counties may get high winds and hail.

[fitzski]

Even though we had a record snowfall this year in Eastern MA, the spring has been dry like much of the Northeast. I never water my lawn and it already looks like it does in mid-July.

The local news station said we've gotten less than an inch for the month of May which is about 4 inches less than normal.

There are rumors of thunderstorms today and over the weekend. Let's hope they bring us some rain.

[Kelby]

Well, we got around .15 to .2" yesterday in a very brief thunderstorm. That will stave off drought for, oh, another 2 days. Slight chance of thunderstorms daily for the next week or so, but I'm not holding my breath.

[ako1974]

Possible thunderstorms here later today. It looks a bit iffy right now (in NYC). Hopefully, we get some rain. Supposed to get pretty windy, though.

[Kelby]

Headline in todays paper: http://readingeagle.com/news/article...late=mobileart

[cis4elk]

And then there's the hail. Not only did we get all your rain (not complaining..much), but we still get our dang hail. We were out last night and when we got back I could see it hailed, there was still quite a bit laying around with piles at the downspouts. My yard looked masticated. At least all the rain had delayed my transplants from going into the garden, but man I was so close to finally getting some nice lettuce and spinach again. Luckily I shuffled my trees inside before we left because I could see some big storms off in the distance.

[sppsp]

I hope we get some slow rain soon... news says it's coming. (We don't want Texas rains)

[hoosierbanana]

Hey at least the weeds have not grown very much!