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0.28” here

It needed it two weeks ago. Mowed again yesterday. It’s been very dry . May 20 is the magic date each year for lawns in terms of when they look best and at peak. After that date it’s all down hill

Easing you into summer.

I hope things can pickup later because this has been a bust today east of the Apps.

Just got back from guiding a storm chasing tour over the past week. Easily the worst stretch I've experienced since I started doing these back in 2021.

April 2026 finished as the 7th warmest April on record in Chicago. Warmest Aprils 1. 57.0° - 1955 2. 56.3° - 1915 3. 54.6° - 2010 3. 54.6° - 1977 5. 54.2° - 1921 6. 53.9° - 1942 7. 53.8° - 2026 8. 53.7° - 2017 9. 53.4° - 1960 9. 53.4° - 1896 April 2026 finished as the 7th wettest April on record in Chicago. Wettest Aprils 1. 8.68" - 2013 2. 8.33" - 1947 3. 7.84" - 1975 4. 7.73" - 1909 5. 7.69" - 1983 6. 7.51" - 1999 7. 7.19" - 2026 8. 7.07" - 1970 9. 6.72" - 1882 10. 6.43" - 2017

April 2026 finished as the 7th warmest April on record in Chicago. Warmest Aprils 1. 57.0° - 1955 2. 56.3° - 1915 3. 54.6° - 2010 3. 54.6° - 1977 5. 54.2° - 1921 6. 53.9° - 1942 7. 53.8° - 2026 8. 53.7° - 2017 9. 53.4° - 1960 9. 53.4° - 1896 April 2026 finished as the 7th wettest April on record in Chicago. Wettest Aprils 1. 8.68" - 2013 2. 8.33" - 1947 3. 7.84" - 1975 4. 7.73" - 1909 5. 7.69" - 1983 6. 7.51" - 1999 7. 7.19" - 2026 8. 7.07" - 1970 9. 6.72" - 1882 10. 6.43" - 2017

you mowed too soon should have let it get longer before mowing

The long range theme is WET, WET, WET, or using ACATT translation - BLOWS, BLOWS, BLOWS! LOL.

No mow May is well underway, and my lawn is getting loonnngggg.

not sure about the rhody, don't look terribly abnormal.

.38 here was badly needed . Seed planted in places and lawn had slowed

I hope

Nice modeled batch your area overnight .25+

Just under an inch here and a balmy 44°

Stein slowing the yard.

.13. At least I don’t have to water the grass seed tonight?

Only .07” here.

Went into more depth on the potential implications of the persistent -PDO for how the El Nino evolves and the degree of atmospheric coupling in the thread below. Would honestly surprise me to see this El Nino and the pattern in the Atlantic tropics evolve like 1982, 1987, 1997 and 2015. I'm thinking we most likely see something about halfway in between those years and "Active El Ninos" like 1951, 1969, and 2018 - perhaps something a little more active than 1957, 1965, 1976 and 2002 in terms of Atlantic activity. https://x.com/yconsor/status/2052132299139858764

Ironically the storms are parting to the north and south of me. The forcefield is back!

At this point I'd declare a quarter inch rain event a cat 3 NESIS storm.

Up there the ENSO state doesn't matter so much. It snows regardless. Down at our latitude in the low elevation areas we need around a hundred elements to come together at precisely the right time for it to snow. And some cows have to fart or something.

.32 with one more light batch coming

Seems tonight was always going to be the 'main show', such that it is. Maybe a quarter inch instead of a few hundredths.

Steined