An interesting analog is 1986. Very dry first half of the year with a dying Nina. Then precip normalized as we went through the second half of the year into a Nino, culminating in a nice winter.
Just like April, we are going to need a late stick save to stop this from being one of the driest Mays on record. 2nd place right now (0.43”) at DCA and nothing in store until the weekend.
Our pool installed a new heater and they sent out a message saying that it was 81 degrees and they are opening this weekend. Of course, the Saturday weather looks poor.
The trench was definitely on the order of 4' deep. The guys who were down in there were up to their chests. Our gas lines must have been deeper because they only had to dig around the existing water supply line to the house and not the gas line.