bobm
Garden Master
Here in SW Washington we had the second wettest October on record... 8.4" . There is NO standing water anywhere as the rain fell almost every day from a trace to about 1" per rain event.
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digitS'
Garden Master
Several hundred miles to your northeast, never has Spokane had so much monthly rain, Bob! This is supposed to be "semi-arid" country.
Steve
Here's a page from the National Weather Service:
...LATEST OCTOBER RAINFALL RECORDS...
THE VERY WET OCTOBER HAS LED TO MORE RAINFALL RECORDS FOR THE MONTH.
NOTE THAT FOR SOME CITIES DATA HAS ONLY BEEN RECEIVED THROUGH
OCTOBER 27TH OR 28TH AS NOTED IN THE TABLE. ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS
TODAY WILL ALSO ADD TO MONTHLY TOTALS FOR SOME CITIES. ALSO NOTE
THAT SPOKANE RECORDED ITS ALL TIME MONTHLY RECORD.
SITE OCTOBER 2016 PREV RECORD (YEAR) RECORDS BEGAN
PRIEST RIVER, ID 9.26 INCHES 8.31 INCHES (1947) 1898
ST. MARIES, ID 9.19 INCHES 6.31 INCHES (1955) 1919
KELLOGG, ID** 8.79 INCHES 7.23 INCHES (1950) 1905
BOUNDARY DAM, WA 8.76 INCHES 3.97 INCHES (1968) 1965
BONNERS FERRY, ID 7.99 INCHES 7.64 INCHES (1947) 1907
SPOKANE AIRPORT, WA***6.21 INCHES 5.41 INCHES (1947) 1881
POTLATCH, ID 6.07 INCHES 5.25 INCHES (1955) 1915
ROSALIA, WA 5.90 INCHES 4.42 INCHES (1951) 1893
COLVILLE, WA 5.82 INCHES 4.81 INCHES (1947) 1899
MOSCOW, ID* 5.22 INCHES 4.51 INCHES (1994) 1894
REPUBLIC, WA 4.87 INCHES 4.27 INCHES (1950) 1899
PULLMAN 2 NW, WA* 4.48 INCHES 4.29 INCHES (1950) 1940
DAVENPORT, WA 4.45 INCHES 3.94 INCHES (1947) 1909
RITZVILLE, WA 4.86 INCHES 3.94 INCHES (1947) 1899
GRAND COULEE DAM, WA 3.77 INCHES 2.95 INCHES (1947) 1934
CHIEF JOSEPH DAM, WA 3.66 INCHES 2.04 INCHES (1956) 1949
WINTHROP, WA 3.59 INCHES 3.13 INCHES (2003) 1910
WATERVILLE, WA 3.47 INCHES 2.94 INCHES (1947) 1893
EPHRATA, WA 2.48 INCHES 1.92 INCHES (1950) 1949
PRIEST RAPIDS DAM, WA 2.19 INCHES 1.92 INCHES (1957) 1957
WENATCHEE AIRPORT, WA 2.01 INCHES 1.72 INCHES (1962) 1960
* TOTAL THROUGH 10/27
** TOTAL THROUGH 10/28
*** INDICATES ALL TIME MONTHLY RECORD
Steve
Here's a page from the National Weather Service:
...LATEST OCTOBER RAINFALL RECORDS...
THE VERY WET OCTOBER HAS LED TO MORE RAINFALL RECORDS FOR THE MONTH.
NOTE THAT FOR SOME CITIES DATA HAS ONLY BEEN RECEIVED THROUGH
OCTOBER 27TH OR 28TH AS NOTED IN THE TABLE. ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS
TODAY WILL ALSO ADD TO MONTHLY TOTALS FOR SOME CITIES. ALSO NOTE
THAT SPOKANE RECORDED ITS ALL TIME MONTHLY RECORD.
SITE OCTOBER 2016 PREV RECORD (YEAR) RECORDS BEGAN
PRIEST RIVER, ID 9.26 INCHES 8.31 INCHES (1947) 1898
ST. MARIES, ID 9.19 INCHES 6.31 INCHES (1955) 1919
KELLOGG, ID** 8.79 INCHES 7.23 INCHES (1950) 1905
BOUNDARY DAM, WA 8.76 INCHES 3.97 INCHES (1968) 1965
BONNERS FERRY, ID 7.99 INCHES 7.64 INCHES (1947) 1907
SPOKANE AIRPORT, WA***6.21 INCHES 5.41 INCHES (1947) 1881
POTLATCH, ID 6.07 INCHES 5.25 INCHES (1955) 1915
ROSALIA, WA 5.90 INCHES 4.42 INCHES (1951) 1893
COLVILLE, WA 5.82 INCHES 4.81 INCHES (1947) 1899
MOSCOW, ID* 5.22 INCHES 4.51 INCHES (1994) 1894
REPUBLIC, WA 4.87 INCHES 4.27 INCHES (1950) 1899
PULLMAN 2 NW, WA* 4.48 INCHES 4.29 INCHES (1950) 1940
DAVENPORT, WA 4.45 INCHES 3.94 INCHES (1947) 1909
RITZVILLE, WA 4.86 INCHES 3.94 INCHES (1947) 1899
GRAND COULEE DAM, WA 3.77 INCHES 2.95 INCHES (1947) 1934
CHIEF JOSEPH DAM, WA 3.66 INCHES 2.04 INCHES (1956) 1949
WINTHROP, WA 3.59 INCHES 3.13 INCHES (2003) 1910
WATERVILLE, WA 3.47 INCHES 2.94 INCHES (1947) 1893
EPHRATA, WA 2.48 INCHES 1.92 INCHES (1950) 1949
PRIEST RAPIDS DAM, WA 2.19 INCHES 1.92 INCHES (1957) 1957
WENATCHEE AIRPORT, WA 2.01 INCHES 1.72 INCHES (1962) 1960
* TOTAL THROUGH 10/27
** TOTAL THROUGH 10/28
*** INDICATES ALL TIME MONTHLY RECORD
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We are at the edge of a drought....my well is not happy...if this keeps up I will have to dig deeper.....
KD_Olive
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We're in the middle of a severe drought, my yard has only seen rain twice since the beginning of August. Wildfires are raging everywhere. It didn't rain a single drop the entire month of October. The only things living in my yard are the few things I manage to keep watered…
KD_Olive
Garden Ornament
It's November 1st and 88 degrees today. No sign of frost or rain coming anytime soon. Unusual, even here in the deep South (Central Alabama.)
digitS'
Garden Master
In some ways, it's amazing that there are such great differences, one part of the US, to another. In other ways, it's not as surprising. Here's a surprise - extremes. Records set.
Areas of the Southeast may see the driest fall on record. Some weather stations in that area are already reporting drought records. Looking back just a few years ago at 1985 and 1993 when there was extreme drought ... wow!
Your records have to be older than here but last month was the wettest October here with some records back to 1881. I'd like to pretend a willingness to share but we came out of a 2015 drought with a very dry summer, 2016. If we can get through winter with a good deal of soil moisture, it should mean good wheat crops in 2017. And, the ocean benefits from the increase flow of the NW rivers.
Now, if I can just get the garden cleanup finished, out there in the mud and before snow! But, it's dahlia root-packing day. Fortunately, it isn't raining and DW, in charge of getting them into bags, isn't slinging them onto the deck for me to carry down the basement steps.
Steve
Areas of the Southeast may see the driest fall on record. Some weather stations in that area are already reporting drought records. Looking back just a few years ago at 1985 and 1993 when there was extreme drought ... wow!
Your records have to be older than here but last month was the wettest October here with some records back to 1881. I'd like to pretend a willingness to share but we came out of a 2015 drought with a very dry summer, 2016. If we can get through winter with a good deal of soil moisture, it should mean good wheat crops in 2017. And, the ocean benefits from the increase flow of the NW rivers.
Now, if I can just get the garden cleanup finished, out there in the mud and before snow! But, it's dahlia root-packing day. Fortunately, it isn't raining and DW, in charge of getting them into bags, isn't slinging them onto the deck for me to carry down the basement steps.
Steve
ninnymary
Garden Master
Steve, I'm glad your wife isn't slinging those dahlias! But watch out just in case she decides the work can go faster doing it that way. Make sure you duck fast!
Mary
Mary
digitS'
Garden Master
@ninnymary , all finished!
In fact, finished with the glads, too! There might be more dahlia roots down there than ever but I know there are more boxes of shavings and gladiolas.
I must have always dun things right with the dahlias but with the glads, they were always fewer than were of good size in the fall than in the spring. Finally dedicated rows to the glads instead of pushing them into a bed. Of course, they could have had just as much room in the beds but the rows gave them ample room just because they had paths on each side.
I'd blamed the rocky soil for the new corms "shrinking" but it looks like it's been a spacing problem
. They must pull nutrients from more soil than they look like they would. Nice bulbs for 2017 ... and ... finally, won't have to replenish stock.
Steve
In fact, finished with the glads, too! There might be more dahlia roots down there than ever but I know there are more boxes of shavings and gladiolas.
I must have always dun things right with the dahlias but with the glads, they were always fewer than were of good size in the fall than in the spring. Finally dedicated rows to the glads instead of pushing them into a bed. Of course, they could have had just as much room in the beds but the rows gave them ample room just because they had paths on each side.
I'd blamed the rocky soil for the new corms "shrinking" but it looks like it's been a spacing problem
. They must pull nutrients from more soil than they look like they would. Nice bulbs for 2017 ... and ... finally, won't have to replenish stock.Steve
