Because of the basement, we cringe every time it rains. We have had a stretch of good luck this year, or at least the basement has. Central Ohio has seen very little rainfall since March. And it's been so hot, that most rain we get is evaporated before it does any good.
I checked the weather history for the city at the Nat'l Weather Service to see if this was just a perception thing...it's not.
http//www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=iln
Since March 31, we've had:
- 35 days with high temps above 90 (including 6 in October)
- 9 days with over .5 inches of rain (none in May, one in April)
For the monthly totals, generally about half of those amounts fell in one day. The highest amount we've had in one day from March 31 to today, 2.37 inches, was due to a tropical storm.
So over the last 194 days...9 days with any rain worth mentioning. Going 2-3 weeks without any rain was not uncommon. Which is uncommon for Columbus. And this year's April and May were the driest I can remember.
I gave up on maintaining the garden, the heat kept roasting the herbs. The only thing we were able to keep alive were the beans, and we only got a handful of pods from them.
I'm sure I'll change my tune when the weather does, but it's been a weird summer here. They're calling for rain today, but so far not a drop.
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