BlizzardNole

I've decided to give up on any gardening other than containers this year. This extreme drought is too much with almost a complete shutout for April and only 2.2 total for May. I expect Jun-Aug will be just as bad. Hopefully we get a wetter fall/winter and I will plan some garden beds for next spring. As for the lawn, I might try something in September if the super-drought is ending.

Yep, I'm in Kinsey's Ridge (Shaefer Homes - a small local builder). Oakland Hall is QBH Sun coming out after a light shower and it is humid! Can't wait for that great weather coming our way.

Miss to the south yesterday, to the north this morning, and another miss to the south right now. This was our last chance for rain for a long time so May's total will be 2.2" which is a bit more than half of normal. I had less than an inch for all of April. Southern MD in huge trouble this summer with dead yards and wells drying up. Maybe even wildfires

Even with "Drizzlefest" I'm at about 2.2 total for May compared to normal of around 4 inches. Looks like May will be yet another WAY below normal month. Severe drought continues, maybe heading into extreme.

Drizzlefest '26 enters a sixth day and we have a similar total here. I hate that we haven't seen the sun in almost a week. I can't wait for later this week and weekend for sun and actual May temps for once

Booooo all missed south today after best rains north for days. Drizzlefest looks to finish with a whimper here.

Whew that rain over the northern neck of VA looks heavy, too heavy. I do hope we get some moderate stuff later here though. Dark overcast again

72/70. Starting to feel like a sauna with no wind and brightening sky. SE VA and NE NC sporting some 84/73 type obs. ooooh

That map looks good. The drought in north FL and SE Georgia has been ridiculous

Turrible. If the calendar was one day different, the holiday would have been this coming weekend which is looking beautiful. I feel bad for all the plans that have been ruined for people. Sitting at 1.87 for the event with a light shower passing through. At least it's warm enough to sit on the screened porch now.

Look at that gradient right along I-95. Let's hope that highlighted part is right!

I wonder why the heavier rain never shifted south? I've gotten over an inch which is great, but I'm jealous of all the 3-inch-plus amounts. I've never seen more than just light rain, not even moderate. Edit: LWX disco says rain chances Monday and Tuesday should be focused south of I-66 and Rt 50, so maybe that will finally be our turn.

These are the deficits we're dealing with. For example, Calvert would need over 7 inches on top of the approx. 12 inches of normal rainfall for Jun-Aug just to get to average.

We are about 4 miles south of Prince Frederick, just past Sixes Road. Thanks for the soil amendment tips! We are having a patio added this fall and I want to have garden beds installed all along the perimeter of it. Finally got some good batches to come through here! Prince Fred Mesonet (2 miles away) reports 0.55 so far today on top of 0.65 yesterday. I like the warmer temps coming and would love to see some peeks of sun stir up some t-storms for the area.

Thanks for that info! We're new to southern Calvert and I garden as a hobby. The soil here scares me - mix of sand and cement. The horrible drought hasn't helped, and this event has been very paltry so far. Hoping for better luck later today and tonight, but I'm starting to think we end up real short down here.