Monday, October 20, 2025

Drought Buster?

If you can remember back to the weekend of October 11 and 12, we were dealing with a tropical storm off the coast, whose impact lasted through Tuesday.  While this may have led to four straight "bad hair" days, the total precipitation of 0.28" from this event was underwhelming, and did little to help our current rain deficit.


This is becoming an eerily familiar and spooky fall weather pattern, after we recorded a record-setting 0.00" of rainfall in October, 2024.  This year, through October 19, we are doing just slightly better with a total of 0.55" for the month.


A look at the low water level on #7 tells a tale.  Fortunately, this is a time of year when we aren't losing nearly as much moisture as during the heat of the summer.  However with turf growth starting to slow, this definitely isn't enough precipitation to jump start any thin areas and help them to recover from the sizzling summer.

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