I'm siting here on Wednesday morning looking at the forecast with NO RAIN through the weekend. So, I figured I'd go back and compare the dry spring we have had this year with the wet one we had last year. Yeah. Well that can leave one rather depressed. I looked at April, May, and June (through mid-month) for 2011 and 2012. By this time last year in those two and a half months we had recorded 10" more rainfall (13.93") than we have had this year (3.95"). Wow! That's quite a diference...from a flood to a drought in 365 days.
For the remainder of the summer conditions may improve a bit. The forecast is for normal to a bit above normal precipitation here in eastern Ohio. But, we are quite a bit behind where we should be this Spring. Rainfall-wise for April, May, and the first half of June should be at 9.75". Instead we are 5.8" BELOW that number. That's certainly not good news for you gardeners. I've been hearing you, but unfortunately I just predict the weather, I don't make it.
