Drought!

This was reported on our TV news tonight. They interviewed an American farmer whose maize crop looked absolutely appalling. (Not that I'm an expert, we don't grow maize here, but it was pretty obvious.)

They also said the Scottish potato crop is looking bad for the opposite reason - too much rain, waterlogged fields, and cold.

We'll all have to eat cake....

Rolfe.
 
rwguinn said:
Old El Paso resident's prayer:
"Lord, let it rain soon. Not so much for me, but for the kids. I've seen rain"
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Dude...I totally jinxed it....it only rained for like 5 minutes, and didn't even get the concrete fully wet. My azaleas are official dead.

Here's an image of them when I first planted them:

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There all brown twigs now...and the inpatients I planted in front of them have a 20% survival rate. Between getting beat to hell with the hail storm, and the lack of rain...they didn't have a chance.

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We set a record daily high temp in Dallas today at 108F.
 
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Was out in the land around DeKalb again today; Some fields look just OK, most are pretty much fried.

I suppose soil type has a lot to do with it, plus the slope of the land. Bottoms seemed healthier the uphill.
 
Around here the rain fall was patchy until last week, so some fields just got more than ones a mile away.

If the rain continues the soy beans may be okay. The corn crop will be spotty at best.
 
I think it has rained here in northern Illinois on average every other day since Ben started this thread. My tiny patch of lawn is green again, and I didn't even water it!

I think Ben has paranormal powers.
 
There was a more specific mention of the current conditions in Ontario. The provincial agency involved rates it as a 20-60-20 situation. 20% of the farmland is doing very well, and looks set to produce bumper crops; 60% is likely to have below average yields; and 20% is doing awful, those crops are pretty much a total loss.
 
Got some rain yesterday, but it's gone now. Nevertheless, it was the first steady rainfall in a long time. One of my co-workers who got here 8 months ago says it's the first real rain he's seen since he arrived.

Weird thing: I was out in my back yard following the rain and I heard a bizarre noise. I couldn't figure out what it was, but it seemed to be coming from below my feet. I ended up crawling around and finally figured out that it was my yard actually making a SUCKING sound!!! No joke.
 
Yeppers 6 hours of nice soaking rain in western Kansas. Not enough to put a dent in the drought, but nice a start all the same
 
I had something happen yesterday that has not happened all summer.

And damn me that I didn't notice it was missing because it was an interesting observation;

I got bug splatters on the windshield.

There has been almost no bugs.
 
We had the Miller moths back in the spring, but I suppose I've not seen the usual green and white striped hissing beetles much this summer. I imagine there's a significant dent in the mosquito population as well.
 
OK, we can let up on the panic button a little, at least here in Wisconsin.

A guy from the DoA was on NPR yesterday and he said the rain we've been getting is probably going to save a lot of the corn and the soybeans. Everything pollinated like it should have and it looks like we won't have a total loss of a harvest this year, as long as the weather cooperates for the rest of the fall.

It's going to be skinny, but not as skinny as it could have been.
 
Here the bean crop is looking good, but the corn looks sad, there are fields where it is still withered and yellow. Then there are those where it looks stressed but productive.

Have to wait for the harvest figures , but some fields will be 20% or less.
 
Interactive online map shows over 100 years of local US weather
Posted on 6 September 2012 by simonf

Summary
How is climate change experienced by people in their own particular part of the world? To help answer this question, I've developed an online tool that shows exactly how temperatures and rainfall have changed in every region of the continental US. You can see the map and graphs of yearly changes in temperature and precipitation. But usually people are interested in something more concrete than annual statistical averages. So my tool also shows how weather has changed across each month and season of the year.
 
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