backedgeapproaching

Aug 1988 is interesting-its mentioned  a lot on the forum for the Dews. The first 2 weeks looked pretty warm for sure.  Looks like it was an abrupt change for the second half of the month, even dropped into the 30's on 8/23 at MVL.

Heavy lawns here in SVT for early AUG.  Just enough rains to keep most lawns around here green all summer so far. Guess the nonstop, relentless dews have helped retain moisture 

Sorry Lava....your pics in the other thread look bad..not sure what the heck is going on over there on that moonscape. 

50F on the nose last night.

ALY has upper 70's pretty much for the next week--nothing above 80 with most nights in the 50's--maybe it does get a little bit dewey mid next week, but i will take this if it pans out.

1 hour ago, tamarack said:

Wow!  You have really been dry this year, if that's accurate.  I've measured 28.17", 1.03" AN thanks to January's +2.25".  Last evening's 0.36" brought July a whisker above 3" (and another 0.07" came after I'd dumped the gauge at 9 PM.)
July 2019
Avg. Max: 77.74,  1.35 AN  Hottest: 86,  20th.  High min:  65, 21st
Avg. Min:  54.58,  0.28 AN  Coolest:  44,  8th.   Low max:  65, 12th, 23rd
Mean:  66.16,   0.81 AN   Highest mean:  74, 20th,21st   Lowest mean:  60, 25th
Only 29 HDDs, only 7/2006 (a much warmer month) had fewer, 26.  The month featured no really hot days but also very little significantly BN.

Precip:  3.01", 0.87" BN  Most in a day:  1.02,  12th.  3 days with thunder, avg is 4.5

The month featured 15 days of sunny/mostly sunny and just 3 cloudy/mostly cloudy.  Using my sunny+(PC/2), the "sun proportion" was 21.5 days.  No other month (any month) has recorded more than 20.

There is no liquid from snowfall in that data--which is why its so low I assume.

59 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Except July 09.

I moved back to the East Coast in April '09, i moved into a townhouse in the the farmlands of SEPA with a pool in the complex--full sun.  I just remember the pool was freezing even into August. Pool temps of yore.

19 minutes ago, Brewbeer said:

Mowed last night:

A little faded from the first mow of the season.

In July, a lawn that is green is a win.  Never going to have the same color as green up in April/May

85F, 88F, 85F for the 3 day heatwave here. 77 dew was impressive, but just last year was more impressive.

 July 2018 DDH had 5 straight 90+ days, this year they didnt hit 90F once during this 3 day stretch looks like, although close--- 89F/89F/86F. 

85F yesterday and 88F today...definitely soupy out today, but no 90s this year so far.  Did a day trip to the in laws cabin in the eastern part of the Daks on a small lake. Water was about 80F..pretty much right in the sweet zone of what I prefer.

Green Mtns FTW today keeping it mostly cloudy for most of the day so far.   Keeping my house a nice 72-73F with just one AC on the first level.  Tomorrow and Sunday probably a different story.

13 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

Is this just thatch? We've had plenty of rain and the lawn looks dry in spots

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How old is that portion of the lawn? I dont think its thatch,  but you would need to cut a chunk out a get a side view to see for a thatch build up.

Whats the grass type and how much sun does the area get? That would be important to know. Looks like a blend of grass types.

Just looking not knowing any of those details its looks like a good amount of fine fescue in that mix--its very thin bladed and normally included in alot of northern mix seed blends. Fine fescue does not like heat and sunny spots---- it's a shade grass. Even with a good amount of rain, it can still go brown in summer in full sun areas.

9 hours ago, J.Spin said:

We’ve had a couple of days with what seemed like orographic clouds up here over the past two or three weeks, but certainly not many.  I actually like how those clouds come in, help keep the temperatures comfortable, and add variety to the weather.  It’s not as if they always mean rain, sometimes they just build, give you a half hour of cooler shade, then you get a break of blue for a while, and the cycle repeats.  In some cases you’ll get a passing shower as well, but it’s part of what keeps mountain weather interesting.

Yep, I agree. I actually would appreciate some clouds in the afternoon to keep the house cooler and moderate the solar heating as I don't have much afternoon shade at my house.

But with mostly low dews, even the sunny skies hasn't been oppressive.  Last 3 days were 75F, 77F, 80F---perfect. 

I know CoastalWx jokes how it "clouds up by 10am" near the Greens, but this has been a nice long stretch of pretty clear skies(outside of storms/rain events) at least down here.  No orographic clouds to speak of it seems for a the past few weeks.

Planted these last fall and no issues at all blooming this summer

Nice article--pretty much sums it up. With Hydrangeas that bloom on new wood, you will never have any blooming issues--with those new wood versions they always have great blooms here even though it routinely gets down to -20F to-25F. Annabelle, Incrediball, Limelight are a few(not a hydrangea expert, sure there are many more varieties) that will always bloom reliably with no fear of winter die back. You probably have some variety that blooms on old wood--depending on snow cover, temps, etc I guess could affect next years blooms.

My in laws have some old wood blooming hydrangeas(no idea what cultivar)--I've never seen them bloom once in 10+ years here in VT

Dews and rain are gone. Street festival in town tonight- good vibes with everyone enjoying the chamber weather returning. 

59 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said:

Sharp cut off..only  .11" here

Well, just takes one slowly moving cell and  now at 1.33"

2 hours ago, ApacheTrout said:

3+ inches today.  A bit wet.

Sharp cut off..only  .11" here

Whoa, never seen that before...one upping the the red mulchers.

45 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

 

8 days into the seed.

 

 

Lava Rock just did a swan dive from his roof into Sebago lake........

That is really good coverage for 8 days.

4 hours ago, amarshall said:

Black mulch or nothing... Heavy heavy black

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I always use to do the died black mulch for years, I stopped recently just because I feel like it fades pretty quickly. Looks good though.

Just did a fresh cut and also noticing a bunch red thread patches that were hiding under the longer grass since it has been about a week since last mow.

This is the summer weather I envisioned when I moved to New England, mid-upper 70s low dews and perfect sleeping weather.  Temp down about 20F in a few hours down in to the 50s now.

Of course we will have our bouts with higher temps and dews at times which will make a few posters happy, but sign me up for this.

Yesterday took the kids swimming to a local lake--pretty shallow so water temp was somewhat tolerable--beautiful day.  

Today, heat blasting in the house and car mid afternoon--45F with gusty E/SE winds blowing rain and leaf debris sideways...lucked out with those 3 holiday weekend days.

2 hours ago, moneypitmike said:

bump

Is there any type of pre-emergent crabgrass prevention that can also control existing broad-leaf crap?  It would be great to do this in one fell swoop.  I think my seeded areas have effectively 'emerged' so I don't need to worry about that too much.

 

TIA.

 

 

Mike--you need to wait until your newly seeded area is more established before pre-emerg. Suppose to wait until it matures a bit--meaning those little stringy grass blades get 3 or 4 tillers. Pre-emerg target small immature plants, including grass.  They dont actually stop stuff for germinating, but attack them when they are young and small. 

There is one product at big box stores that Scott's sells that you can use that provides pre emerg and work kill grass seed. It's a starter fert with mesotrione as the active ingredient

Man, 85/65 at a local VP2 PWS in town..  dusted off the sprinkler and put out in the yard for the kids..torchy.