Wow, we definitely had some rain last night. At the Souther Road weather station they recorded over 4 inches, and from the look of my swamp, and the puddles (ponds) around my house that is not out of the question. The rain has stopped for now, and while it is overcast you can see some definition to the clouds.
I believe that we have seen our high temperature of 47.3 degrees for the day, and it will probably cool off as the day wears on. I just hope that my garden will dry out enough so I can lay the hay down to mulch my planted stock. If you look at the photo below you can make out some areas of standing water. If I get out there to mulch it I will be ankle deep or more in mud, and that would not be good.
This has definitely been a wild night for weather. I did find some small broken branches off the Weeping Willow trees, and some of them were over an inch in diameter. That indicates to me some significant wind gusts. As usual the wind subsided by dawn, and right now it is calm. I guess we shall see what will develop between now and this afternoon when I do this again.
The temperature did go up during the morning very briefly, and i was surprised at how high it got. That is what my thermometer read, and I can;t dispute it.
High Temperature: 68.4
Relative Humidity: 85%
Barometric Pressure: 29.54 in. Hg
Dew Point: 35.1
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0
Wind Chill: 39.6
Precipitation: Rain to None
Amount: 1.5 inches (est.)
Current Temperature: 39.6

A Very Wet Garden

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