A Month Of Rain Totals
I have spent several posts commenting or complaining about the amount of rain for the month of January. There is a whole lot of mud around here and I have had several people ask just how much rain we have had.
With the month of January now past, I looked up all the days and the totals we had put down for each day. Every day of January had moisture fall, some days it was sleet, some hail or small pellets, there were a few days of snow but the majority fell as rain. And the total for the month of January here on the farm came to over 17 inches of precipitation. To put that amount into perspective, last January we had about 5 1/2 inches and in January of 2018 we had 9 inches. No other January in my recollection ever had moisture fall every single day of the month, I just knew that I seemed to get soaked each time we headed outside to get any work done around the farm.
Now I’m not really upset that we are getting all this rain, we have been very dry the last four or five years and this water is needed to keep our forests healthy. But you will still hear me complain loudly over my discomfort over the constant mud, muck, high water and garage full of all manner of outdoor clothes in various stages of dampness. I could just use a day or two to get things dried out a bit before our next round of rain…
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I’m holding on to the concept of the “false spring” we usually get in February. You know, those two weeks (more or less) of sunshine and dry when you want to get outside and dig and plant but you know you should hold off on the tomatoes at least. Let’s hope since February has begun that the “false spring” cannot be far behind.
I’m just hoping to get my feet dry for a day or two.