Jeff Grann

I literally can feel the difference at night taking a walk from my house near the base of Storm King as I go a short distance towards the river. There is usually at least a 3 degree difference going a couple of miles up Mountain RD to 9W. Somehow at night walking less than half that feels more pronounced

We will be pushing an inch soon here.

We are getting a good steady drenching here at West Point.

The pool has been needing about 4 hrs a week with the hose to keep it mid skimmer. The pool temp has been 84-86 the past 6 weeks. The young hemlock trees and other mature bushes I have all around the house have needed more water than the pool. I had a soaker hose on for 8 hrs before the TS. That storm made up for most of the 2 inches of rain I've gotten since June. Storms have missed just to my South and North all summer. The few that came in from my west all seemed to magically dissipate in the 35 miles from the Delaware River to my house. Even during the late afternoon hrs. Been a bizarre summer considering how much rain NJ has gotten just to my South

I'm in Cornwall on Hudson just above West Point. They charge me for sewer every gallon I use regardless. Normally my bill is 275 every 2 months. I've been putting about 4 hrs of water in the pool alone every week with virtually no rain. 27,000 gallons is a lot of water for 2 months

Used 26,000 gallons in 2 months.

Yes. This is true.

Guess I should have went with the poor people living in public housing in New York City that have no AC or cross-ventilation to get any validity here. God forbid a middle-class family that works their asses off for 30 years to have a nice home and backyard pool can complain about exorbitant costs due to extremely hot and dry summer weather

Let's see.. 600 dollar (2 month) water/sewer bill because I have to constantly add water to a 32000 gallon pool and soak 14 young hemlock trees because it's only rained a couple of inches here since June. Also the humidity has been a constant necessitating the central AC running 24/7 leading to 400 dollar electric bills.... On top of that, my usually beautiful lawn looks like absolute crap because I can't afford to water it as usual due to having to use so much water on the aforementioned things. Yeah.. I'm ready for Fall.

18z 3k NAM came quite a bit North from 12z to more reflect precip placement of NAM. A bit lighter totals in far NNJ/ Orange Cty (. 5+ as compared to 1"+) but nonetheless at least it wasn't a dry run like 12z

Besides the tropical storm which brought an inch or so, I have barely had any measurable rain in a month up here around West Point. Storms from the West have had an interesting trend of weakening East from the Delaware River during this time frame even during peak heating hours. This and bad luck of Fropa timing and scattered storms barely missing MBY in all directions

We have gone into a pattern up here in Orange/Putnam where we have been shafted by frontal timing or when we get activity, it is dissipating as it moves thru our region. It's been over 2 weeks now with nothing appreciable here combined with 90s and my water bill for plants, trees, lawn and pool is going to be astronomical

I just had over 4" of rain from Wednesday's storm. Hoping this stays West of river so I don't get 3 or 4 more. Drained pool yesterday or 4" would've mean 36 feet of my lawn would have salt/chlorine water innundating and killing it

Not often one gets a constant thunderstorm for 3 hrs and 45 min

LOL.

Just measured about 4.25" in my dog's collapsible pool which was dry in the middle of the yard

My pool here in Cornwall on Hudson went from an inch below the center screws on the skimmer wall frame to the top of the frame. Crazy.

My pool here in Cornwall on Hudson went from an inch below the center screws on the skimmer wall frame to the top of the frame. Crazy.

The people who care about their lawns use a sprinkler. The people who really care about their lawns have an inground sprinkler system. The rest of the people have a crappy weed lawn to begin with and are happy it's brown so they don't need to mow it as often.