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More heavy downpours today. Just passed 5.50" for August.

Only 0.23" from the activity this afternoon. Still, today was the 51st day with measureable precip here in the last 14 weeks.

Winds gusting above 30 mph with a thunderstorm on the doorstep.

Pouring rain here. This should send me over 5 inches for August. A fourth consecutive month of 7"+ looks likely, which is incredible and unprecedented.

0.65" today. 3.61" for August. Measureable rainfall now on 48 of the last 95 days here.

The rain just seems relentless at this point. 1.42” the past 24 hours. 2.31” since Monday. 24.53” in the last 12+ weeks.

0.80" this afternoon. 7.26" for July, the third month in a row that my yard exceeded 7". I haven't found any other instances of that happening in this area after checking various records going back to the early 1900's.

Waiting to see how Mon-Tue turns out, but at this point only 1996 (20.53") and 2003 (20.53") featured more rainfall at Martinsburg than this May-Jun-Jul period (19.12") Those two years, along with 1942 and 1975, are the only times that MRB has gone over 50"+ for annual precipitation. Currently at 30.75", which is 8.08" above normal through this date.

Totals here so far: Saturday 1.60” Sunday 0.10” Monday 1.66”

Tent camping on the lower Eastern Shore from this coming Friday through next weekend. Last year we tried twice there; the first weekend in July and again on Labor Day weekend. Got dumped on both times. Reserved this site over a month ago but the forecast isn't looking too promising for tenting or beaching. Guess we will bring the bikes in the event it's a washout.

Low of 53. Great morning to spend in the garden. Picked garlic, onions, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, bell peppers, black berries and blueberries under cool sunshine.

61/50 under starlit skies.

Afternoon thunderstorm dropped 0.83” of rain here. After a break, steady lighter rain has moved in. This should push the total for the day over an inch.

93 with a heat index of 102. My daughter's softball games scheduled for this evening and tomorrow evening at 5:00 have been cancelled. Kinda relieved since she is catching this summer and I wasn't sure how that would go. Catching gear isn't exactly "loose fitting clothes."

Picked up a quick half-inch in about 15 minutes with the early evening activity. Had some gusty winds as well. 0.61” since 7:00 a.m.