Yup, about 3’ total snowfall at my place. Wet heavy stuff. Actually we lucked out, as the storm was supposed to last 2 days, but did not really get any snow today (the 2nd day). Had a few lilacs break under the snow load but so far the fruit trees seem to have made it thru OK (although I have not trudged thru the snow to check up close).
I keep seeing weather temp maps predicting above average temps for Maine for this summer but they have been doing that for the last 3 months and the day time high temps seem below normal. We’ve had just enough sun to get through pollination but it has by no means been a sunny spring. Anyone else with an overview of their spring weather compared to “normal”?
Radio farm show reports we had the driest first half of June ever, no rain. After 2 weeks of heat and dry, the sky has opened and it is pouring. yea. Of course I take credit for it, we just put out our drip system.
Thankful to see some rain after a dry spell and I was very thankful for the dry spell because I got the cherries picked before they cracked. The weird weather got most of my apples and pears this year. Taking what we can get for a harvest this year.
Matt, Brookcot did not set fruits this year. My winner is Harcot (6 fruits), then Robada (2), Orangered (1), Pixie (1). Chinese sweet pit, the main tree, have only 1 left. At least it is better than the last year. Robada is getting yellow and will be ready soon.
We got rain last night and 80 mph wind again. I will check my grafts today but I have been cutting them back so they should be ok. Feeling very fortunate to get all this rain! We likely got an inch last night and half an inch earlier in the week.
1.25 inches of rain here…thunder, wind all of that last night…but moved out fast.
Rain shot tonite looks further south across Iowa/IL… still should see some rain here.
Looks much cooler Sun/Mon/Tues… Tues night should see some “chilly” temps in cold spots. Places like Sparta, WI/BRF should drop well into the 40Fs…probably low/mid 50Fs here… after today i’d guess the A/C can take a little break for a few days.
Yes wind gusts today are 60 mph. Our concern is hail or tornadoes that are sometimes spawned up in these type of storms. As long as they bring rain and it’s just wind we expect that or at least we should it happens nearly every year around this time. Strong thunderstorms are just part of life here. Some locations such as Texas have even more intense weather swings. When I was a kid one of my closest friends was killed in such a storm because lightning downed a power line that fell on tin sheets. She was looking for her cats and stepped on the tin and was killed instantly. The storm last night did drop a couple of trees that had died or were weak. This weather is why I try and prune my grafts the first year or two until they are healed and strong enough.
