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My 2011 Ranger's automatic transmission broke last summer. Then I learned that 2009-11 Rangers with 2.3 engine and auto tranny tended to break at about 150k. Mine broke at 163+, and all those broken transmissions made replacements rarer than hen's teeth, with a huge price attached. Sold it to someone who wanted the engine (which still ran just fine). Would love to find another, as I've driven the little trucks since 1994. 5-speed preferred. Forecast here has revised the 60-70% PoPs to 40%. Maybe we get the grass wet.

First 10 days this month were +4.5. Since then we've been a bit BN. That ramp has been pretty flat so far.

+2 MTD here and today should pull it down a couple tenths. 3 of the 7 months this year were BN and the 7-month average is right at my norms (June 1998-on). Not much optimism for significant rain this weekend.

GYX discussions seemed promising for the weekend but as is often the case, the forecast is "less than a tenth of an inch possible" (which usually verifies). Sandy River is down to 77 cfs, well below the 25% level. Median is 157.

Cloudy weekend, just enough rain to keep the bushes wet but far too little to water the garden. Lose-lose.

That's 12.0" for June 1 thru August 18, probably normal or slightly AN for that period in your neighborhood. August is imitating July a bit. July 1-4: +10.3; 5th on: -1.0; Month total: +0.5 Aug 1-9: +4.7; 10th-18th: -0.4; 1-18: +2.2 I'm guessing August will finish in the +1/+2 range.

That would be a real stretch here, as benchmark-track storms are usually whiffs or grazes. The big midwinter wind/rain events like Jan 10 & 13, 2024 come with lows a lot closer. The forecast 1/2-1" rain is a no show - now it's progged for >0.1".

GYX has been consistently showing slightly AN for next week, except for Monday's rain. 45 this morning, coolest since June 17. August is still +3, however.

My guess is no, as their lowest is 21.4" in 1954-55. However, 1997-98 is missing and might've been a candidate for lowest.

September has been the sunniest month here, and August the 2nd most. (Least sunny is Dec, 2nd Nov - to no one's surprise.)

The Maine Public Lands "peer review" field trip was Tues/Wed in the woods south from MLT, and we saw very few mosquitos, black flies, almost no deer flies (thankfully). Had 0.22" from a 'probable' TS yesterday about 3 PM. We were meeting family in Hallowell at the time, but when we got home about 4 we noted that our thunderphobic Lab mix had been hiding in the bathroom.

Some echoes passed overhead but nothing reached the ground. 1.83" this month so far, a bit AN.

We probably step off the summer plateau on Wednesday. After 42 days (July 1 thru tomorrow) with our mean between 65 and 66, August 12 is likely to be 64.xy, as the long slide begins. (The equivalent winter bottom is much shorter - the period within 1° F of the current coldest, 13.55°, is only 12 days, January 18-29.)

Haven't had any of those all year, maybe not since 2024. We used to have 3-4 TS with strikes 3 seconds distant or closer every summer.

0.34" by 7 AM, a couple cents after, now some humid PC. One distant rumble, as lightning continues to stay a great distance away. Maybe we hear something closer this afternoon?

Puffy Cu just coming into view.

It came on 1/14 in 2007 - mild and 11" thru the 13th (avg is 32"), cold (mostly) and 84" after (avg is 56").

July 17-30 here was 3.4° BN. I'm guessing that most of New England was normal or BN during those 2 weeks.

That's what it feels like here - the drier air blew in behind that juicy-looking band of downpours last evening. That band split a few miles to my west, and we got a meager 0.08". Friends 20 miles northwest had closer to 2". Fortunately, the morning rain dropped 0.98", best drink since mid June.

My guess to your query - near continuous cold and most storms not having mid-level warm tongues to wreck aggregates and/or changing P-type. We had some rain, not a lot, but almost no mixed precip or rimed flakes. February 2026 was our driest with 0.76", but it was 100% snow, 12.5" for a 16.4-to-1 ratio. Without looking thru the data, I can't recall any month that had nothing but flakes. Oddly, 2020-21 was our lowest ratio at 7.08. It was our 2nd least snow, ahead of only 15-16, and almost every snowfall either had mix or was cornmeal. The season's biggest storm, 9.5" on 2/2, was the latter, 1.32" of teeny flakes, ratio 7.2-to-1.

July 2026 numbers: Avg max: 76.6 0.3 AN Hottest day, 87 on the 2nd Avg min: 55.6 0.7 AN Coolest day, 46 on the 24th Mean: 66.6 0.5 AN Precip: 2.20" 1.72" BN Wettest day, 0.67" on the 22nd. After having 6 days with thunder in June, we had only one in July, tying 2010 and 2023 for the lowest. July '26 temps were +10 during the first 4 days and -1 on the next 27. The month had 2 noteworthy events, first being the HHH of 1-3, upper 80s (avoiding 90+ thanks to the trees) with low 70s TD. 2nd was the brief squall on the 16th. It dropped 1/4" in 5 minutes with gusts approaching 50 mph and cut the power, causing our on-demand generator to run for 7.4 hours.

Great summary. Some comparisons: Total snowfall: 86.9" 98% of average (88.4") The average ratio was 13.75:1, easily the highest of our winters (avg is just above 10:1). Even without the Jan 25-27 storm (19.6"/0.77" LE), the 12.1 to 1 ratio would be highest. Days with 1"+: 131 (123 consec.) About a week above average Days with 10"+: 74 (69 consec.) About a week below average Days with 20"+: 29 (17 consec.) Total was average, consec. 5 days BN Peak depth: 28" on Jan 26 during the 19.6" fluff bomb (25:1 ratio). Settling was rapid. Average is 29", median 26". SDDs: 1,526 203 BN but slightly above the median. That 19.6" storm is 10th biggest in our 28 winters here. 2nd biggest for 25-26 was 8.5", modest but well-timed (Dec 23-24) for the grandkids' sledding.

Got a nice drink (2"+) from Arthur with little wind. 200 miles east, Public Lands' Cutler tract had lots of trees flattened. Had 0.09" overnight, event total 0.16". From Tuesday thru yesterday, each subsequent QPF was lower than the previous one, finally fixing on <0.1" for both yesterday and last night - both verified.

"Event": 0.07" Week: 0.07" Month: 2.11" Year: 21.82" (79% of average)

Some years back my sister-in-law gave us a gift card for Red Lobster. Unfortunately, the 3-4 RLs in Maine had closed - couldn't compete with the locals. We had to go to northern Mass to use the card; combined it with a Bible conference in Concord, NH so didn't need a special trip. GYX overnight forecast (<0.1") was on target (sadly) - 0.07". Radar isn't very promising, either. NNJ where I grew up got pounded, 3-7". We'd lived in the hills, avoiding flood damage, but the Pompton/Passaic river system flooded frequently. Unfortunately, the Passaic took the lives of two 10-year-olds yesterday.