Rain this year at 37" and rising (Pittsburgh: camper, living in)

[Goinback2011]

Originally Posted by gg

WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD
1 57.41" 2004
2 52.24" 1990
3 50.61" 1890
4 50.50" 1865
5 48.38" 1950
6 48.20" 1945
7 47.79" 1846
8 46.42" 1975
9 46.22" 1847
10 45.47" 1996

If you add the 11th and 12th wettest years to that series, you see a lot of back to back rainy years

11 45.15" 1951
12 45.00" 1864

[PGH423]

Originally Posted by gg

It was is a swamp around here. Just one big mud bog.

Where? I walk on the sidewalks in my neighborhood. There is no mud. There is none on the lawns either. As another poster said, it's just beautiful green lawn, which is unusual for early fall.

[svband76]

Originally Posted by PGH423

Where? I walk on the sidewalks in my neighborhood. There is no mud. There is none on the lawns either. As another poster said, it's just beautiful green lawn, which is unusual for early fall.

Down by the river (as Neil Young said). And in the basements. Where the Pittsburgh Potties live.

[Copanut]

I walk on the streets, no sidewalks in the Great White North.

[gg]

Originally Posted by PGH423

Where? I walk on the sidewalks in my neighborhood. There is no mud. There is none on the lawns either. As another poster said, it's just beautiful green lawn, which is unusual for early fall.

My yard is a lake. The woods are soaked and muddy. Trees are down all over the place, due to the saturation.I live in a heavily treed area where we can enjoy nature, but this year tons of trees down. I guess in the concrete city, it isn't noticed as much since most everything is a surface parking lot and it just drains into the rivers that are super high of course. Then there is a temperature difference in the city, which probably helps it dry more as it is so hot with all that pavement.

[ColdAilment]

We've had about 38-39 inches of rain this year in the South Bend area of nothern Indiana. Also had over 18 days that were 90°+, I'm not complaining.

[Goinback2011]

Originally Posted by ColdAilment

We've had about 38-39 inches of rain this year in the South Bend area of nothern Indiana. Also had over 18 days that were 90°+, I'm not complaining.

Gg doesn't watch the Weather Channel. Record rainfall continues throghout the entire mid atlantic region, plus the northern tier of the midwest, most of the Appalachian region and parts of the south. Maryland and Virginia are drowning. And then there's coastal Carolina.

[Goinback2011]

Here's a nice tool. Click on year to date in the time frame dropdown and then click on Percent of Normal on the Product dropdown to see the widespread excessive rainfall this year. You can also customize the map by state and use the time frame dropdown to see this summer's deluge.

https://water.weather.gov/precip/

[PGH423]

Originally Posted by gg

My yard is a lake. The woods are soaked and muddy. Trees are down all over the place, due to the saturation.I live in a heavily treed area where we can enjoy nature, but this year tons of trees down. I guess in the concrete city, it isn't noticed as much since most everything is a surface parking lot and it just drains into the rivers that are super high of course. Then there is a temperature difference in the city, which probably helps it dry more as it is so hot with all that pavement.

I live near but not in the city and have a lot of trees and nature actually. I'm guessing that you live near the low point in a valley. That is a circumstance that will draw flooding and mud whether you're in Boston, New York, DC (all places averaging more precipitation than us) or almost any place with at least average precipitation.

[PGH423]

It looks like we will have four straight beautiful days!