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It has been so hot and dry lately!! I mean, I know it's summer and it's gonna be hot, but it is like 10 degrees above the average, and we havent got measurable rain in forever. The grass is SOOOO dead!! It really stinks, because people's lawns dont grow (a.k.a. neither does my wallet!) I would rather it rain for 3 days straight than what we have now!

Here in Southeastern Massachusetts its been just the opposite. This week it has showered almost daily. The flowers are looking great and the grass is still green. I have actually been cutting more than I would like to. When the sun is out its been a little on the humid side and in the upper 90's. As we all know we take what we get and it could always be worst.

Hope your dry spell gets better.

WOW! I wish I was there, but things will change, and there will be times where I'm glad I'm not there. Like in the winter! Haha!

Well I'm getting to wish I wish was somewhere else. You know taxas, permits, population, limited space, traffic, noise pollution and on and on and on...:thumbdown:

fastback said:

Here in Southeastern Massachusetts its been just the opposite. This week it has showered almost daily. The flowers are looking great and the grass is still green. I have actually been cutting more than I would like to. When the sun is out its been a little on the humid side and in the upper 90's. As we all know we take what we get and it could always be worst.

Hope your dry spell gets better.

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Fastback, I also live in southeastern mass. and I agree the grass here is growing pretty fast and is still green!

It is still hot here, and tomorrow it is expected to get into the 100's with a heat index at 110. Here is what the grass looks like---is isn't growing one bit!!

lawn mower fanatic said:

It has been so hot and dry lately!! I mean, I know it's summer and it's gonna be hot, but it is like 10 degrees above the average, and we havent got measurable rain in forever. The grass is SOOOO dead!! It really stinks, because people's lawns dont grow (a.k.a. neither does my wallet!) I would rather it rain for 3 days straight than what we have now!

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Maybe a good time to start a lawn sprinkler installation business. :biggrin:

Ya, good idea! haha :biggrin:

Man!I live outside Lexington,Ky and it has been over 100 for several days....heat indexes 102 to 111.Like yours,my yard is completely burned up...it's crunchy.I have watered all of my trees,shrubs and plants....so everything looks good except for the grass.Some relief is suppposed to come Sunday and some rain next week.I hope so!!!We have saved money on lawn mower gas....lol!!!!jc

Yeah, I hope the rain makes it up our way!!

Welcome to my nightmare, I have been seeing triple digit temperatures for 12 weeks. If not for tropical storm Debbie, we would be in dyer straights here again.....7 out of the last 10 years with below average rainfall. 4 years ago we had unprecedented drought conditions.
Loosing your grass is hard to deal with but if it gets bad you will see trees start to go as the water table drops. It begins to get stressful when the lack of rain kills trees that have been standing for over a hundred years. Soon you will have wildfires popping up.
We have had very little rain since the storm so it's not unlikely for the drought to continue and this is the rainy season.
Todays high is 92, tomorrows is 97.

I can't help but feel for you folks that aren't accustomed to the heat and drought.

But after 70 years of it I've decided just to quit bitchen about the 102° to 112° day after day with no rain and wait for October, my favorite month of the year. :thumbsup:

Here in central NY its the same problim. Its been in the 90's without any rain and all the lawns are brown. The only thing that is growing in my lawn is the weeds.

Same with me! Our "grass" is one of the greenest because the weeds are still flourishing, and we have tons of them!!

SandburRanch said:

I can't help but feel for you folks that aren't accustomed to the heat and drought.

But after 70 years of it I've decided just to quit bitchen about the 102ｰ to 112ｰ day after day with no rain and wait for October, my favorite month of the year. :thumbsup:

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If the weather has been that way for 70 years......it's not a drought, it's summer time, part of the climate, if you will.
If you don't like that weather you should move.

RobertBrown said:

If the weather has been that way for 70 years......it's not a drought, it's summer time, part of the climate, if you will.
If you don't like that weather you should move.

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Why in the world would I want to move when I live in the best place in the USA. As far as the lawn goes when its brown I don't hve to mow it and one thing for sure it will be green in a few weeks when it rains.

And plus there are not many more places to go to avoid droughts when you already live in the north!

reynoldston said:

Why in the world would I want to move when I live in the best place in the USA.

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If you don't like the weather........:anyone:

RAIN and Cool , we just got both.
At 10:00pm it was 91 degrees, then an over 60 mph wind blew through, by 10:15 it was 73 degrees & raining...
Nice and calm out now 70 degrees with light rain, we have right at 1 inch ...
We needed it, the cracks in the ground were getting cracks...
This is the first under 80 degree night in a while... feels GOOD out... :smile:KennyV

Over 95 here for like 10 days now. Maryland

RobertBrown said:

If the weather has been that way for 70 years......it's not a drought, it's summer time, part of the climate, if you will.
If you don't like that weather you should move.

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The three top reasons people don't move.

1) they like their neighbors and fear a new neighbor hood may have a person like in your avitar.

2) where they were born is often home and they don't like being homeless.

3) in retrospect is a popular phrase.

This is a walk in the park compared to last summer in central Oklahoma, much cooler. :smile:

SandburRanch said:

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The three top reasons people don't move.

1) they like their neighbors and fear a new neighbor hood may have a person like in your avitar.

2) where they were born is often home and they don't like being homeless.

3) in retrospect is a popular phrase.

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1. Liking your neighbors can make any weather that is livable..... bearable.

3. Regrets......those things can be a b*tch. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

KennyV said:

RAIN and Cool , we just got both.
At 10:00pm it was 91 degrees, then an over 60 mph wind blew through, by 10:15 it was 73 degrees & raining...
Nice and calm out now 70 degrees with light rain, we have right at 1 inch ...
We needed it, the cracks in the ground were getting cracks...
This is the first under 80 degree night in a while... feels GOOD out... :smile:KennyV

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A cool breeze..... One of lifes simple pleasures that will never be substituted and everyone appreciates, no one more than myself.

I'm lovin the Heat. I am glad that the lawn is brown and dead because then I don't have to mow. Everytime I get the mower out to use I wonder if it's gonna be the last time or worst yet, breakdown during the mow. The more my mower sits the more use I get out of it. Ridiculious ain't it?

Well it looks like this week we will be getting so 80 degree weather. I don't know if it will include dry air but I hope so. Stll have some landscaping to do so coller weather will be good for me.

In PA, next weekend it will be near 90 (which is cool compared to what we had) and there is a chance of showers. I know the meteorologists are going to change the forecast a million times in between then and now, but I hope it still includes rain! WE NEED IT!!!

Can we swap ? It has been nothing but rain and cold here...

jmurray01 said:

Can we swap ? It has been nothing but rain and cold here...

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I'm sure almost anyone here would gladly swap wit you.

well ya won't believe it, but out of nowhere it clouded up & thundered, we got almost 3/4 " of rain in about 15 minuets. Had not rained in several weeks, hope we get more as the thunder is returning.
:laughing: MIGHT mow this evening.

The heat continues, grass hasn't grown a millimeter!! DO THE RAIN DANCE!!

Thermometer in the shop says 98. I don't think it's that hot though. Chance of showers tomorrow.

I wish I could ship some of the rain were getting to you guys, I'm going to be mowing swamps. :frown: The first two pictures are now.

around my parts the farmers are cutting their corn for silage.The trees are dropping leaves like it's fall.Haven't mowed in 3weeks.Thats ok though because I just got a Knee replaced last week and do'nt feel up to mowing...russ

Good luck with the new knee, use the knee flexing machine like you want to ware it out... You will be back to better than normal in no time...

Ric: with temps in the 90's and rain every day... You should be getting that wonderful humidity to enjoy while it isn't raining... :smile:KennyV

Thanks Kenny..russ

KennyV said:

Good luck with the new knee, use the knee flexing machine like you want to ware it out... You will be back to better than normal in no time...

Ric: with temps in the 90's and rain every day... You should be getting that wonderful humidity to enjoy while it isn't raining... :smile:KennyV

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Yes big time. 64% at the moment.

Well we hit the mid 90's today with rising humidity. Humidity will be real high tomorrow. I understand it will last until Thursday. With the heat I stayed in the machine shop today it has AC nice and comfortable.

I don't think I will complain about the weather in SW Washington. We had a 3 day drought last week and it was hot, 78 degrees. Early morning temperatures in the upper 50's. Grass needs to be mowed twice a week if it gets dry enough not to plug up the mower.

Well the lawn mowing is coming to a crawl. Yesterday it was 108 & no chance of rain in the next ten days, talk about SUCKS, I hate this weather :thumbdown:

My Grandson says the atmosphere air is too hot and I'm going in that water feet first.

News of this kind in the central US probably won't make national news headlines because NYC is approaching a blistering 90°F. But when the light globes on the corner melt I'd say it's plenty warm.

So bearings in the sun and shafts in the freezer for a slip fit.:biggrin:

Wow that's hot! Actually the heat is making news over here because it is causing food prices to go up! It has been like 100+ degrees over there for weeks, hasn't it?

173abn said:

around my parts the farmers are cutting their corn for silage.The trees are dropping leaves like it's fall.Haven't mowed in 3weeks.Thats ok though because I just got a Knee replaced last week and do'nt feel up to mowing...russ

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Haven't mowed since May 24. The yard is brown, crunchy, trees are dropping leaves. Had 1.2 inches since the middle of May.

All I can say is WOW!!! You really need the rain!!

It is cooling off now. But all the yards are brown as in mid winter. Trees are mostly yellow green, cottonwood trees have lost half there leaves. Every fruit tree in town has a bumper crop of small fruit with falling leaves. All bare spots are just an inch of dust. Last time i mowed was June 21st. The corn crop and wheat crop matured early from warm spring weather but the soybeans are toast and the milo soon to be toast. Prarie hay is usually waist high by now, barely high enough this year to swathe. The CRP was burned off this spring but never really came out of it. Any tree with a unhealthy branch has a dead bare one there now. Cracks around the foundation of the houses in the ground wide enough to put your hand in all the way to your wrist. A single bucket of water will attract thousand of ants in just an hour. J ust plain sucks lol.