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Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
Im not saying I know more but I know what I see on news reports when they claim we only got .75 of rain but the collector at my house which is near the reporting station they use has 1.33 inches. I know because I have seen how rainy the last few months have been. sure not every rain even is a downpour some days its just light rain all day but that adds up. Wed we just had .29 inches of rain and abc27 said only a trace? I had to cut my grass like 5 times in the last month its growing like crazy cause all the rain we have had. the th river has been hovering around 5-6.4 feet for most of the spring thats pretty healthy water lvl considering they say we are in a drought. The average water level (or gage height) of the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg during the spring typically ranges from 3.5 to 7 feet.so this is a average water depth. I also go fishing a ton with a group of friends streams and creeks water lvls are pretty healthy for this time of year. ive see way lower water levels in the past with less of a drought. so this is why I quesiton. I see what they say but I use my eyes to see as well and frankly its not mathing. -
I keep hearing its dry and we are in a drought but wee have been very rainy last 3 months maybe a dry week every so often. I have water in my back yard 1 to 2 days after it rains anywhere over .25 that means that the water table is high due to it being rainy. I dont even live at the bottom of a hill I live on top of one in fact. I travel every week north east south in the state only place I see even a hint of brown grass was near phily. even during that crazy hot weather we had for a few days this month and earlier this spring didnt see it.
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Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
when we have weeks of wet weather and even have water pooling on my grass in my back yard for a day or 2 after the rain. esp when the map hardly changes at all or stays the same. -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
Again this map is no way near accurate im sorry its changed a bit but no way we should still be in the orange color -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
this is from 6 hours ago but how on earth does that part of lancaster county have no damn rain? this is how inaccurate weather reporting is imo. -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
yep they dont talk about how cold it is and hype it up as much they do when its 95 in may lol -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
had .30 yesterday last night the collector fell over so no reading. -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
when I had the landscaping crew putting in the trees they did a test and the moisture in the ground was like 46%-48% -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
we had above precip the last few months and this map hasnt changed. winter was a tad dry but I feel like they just keep releasing the same map cause they dont want to make a new one cause not many people even care about it. no way we are even close to any of this drought color. -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
Yep its way off it hasnt really been updated in like 2 months at least. I got close to 1.00 of rain in the last week that would put us even for the year. -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
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Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
I live in the orange area and we have had rain the last month like 2-3 days a week. while some of it was showers and was only .20 we had other rain events 1.24 1.01 .86 .66. May 5, 2026, Harrisburg has experienced rainfall total of 11.56 inches, which is a deficit (departure) of -1.39 inches compared to the 13.95 inches average typically seen by this date. we are only down 1.39 This update doesnt even include the thge last round of rain where we picked up about .40 so that means we are about a 1 inch down. no way we should be in the orange color of drought -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
still the same bs map they havent updated it tho they claim they have -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
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Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
I did some stuff outback ground is pretty green and wet dug down a bit to plant a new tree in the back yard and moisture content was very high. the landscaping crew told me only to water it a little after planting since the ground lvl water table is high. So yeah we had a short period in april where we got way hotter then normal. but last 2 weeks aside from this tuesday we have been very cool to cold over night. 3 times last week I had frost on my car at 530-6am getting out of work. -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
last 3 days Ive picked up 1.21 -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
No way this is accurate we have been the same color since late jan we have had so much rain for a month plus. -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
Forecast high today 83 still 55 lol -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
this is fake spring atm temps to go back down but its nice to have some warm weather. bee's were out in force today but no flowers just yet blooming for them to gather any honey. -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
in time they will all loose it then the ghost of the storm will show for a run or 2 then vanish its how it works -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
I have seen a ton of talk about this all the time if we are just a inch down they talk about this on the local news weather. infact last spring was very wet we were up like 4.00 inches for the year it didnt rain for a week and we were down like -1 inch for the year? they honestly havent relaly stopped talking about it even during the cold snap -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
Why i always bitch they can't get most things right jist 3 days or so out -
Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
Ruin replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
Ill bet a chick fil a meal this will be cut in half in a few days then turns into a apps runner -
Central PA Winter 25/26 Discussion and Obs
Ruin replied to MAG5035's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
I kind of feel it was way colder then this
