We have made it through all of the rain for now. Here at my specific location we did not have flooding. No rain in the forecast, which is good. Hopefully the wheat can dry out and turn and wheat harvest this year will be awesome. And more importantly, I hope all of the severely flooded areas can dry out as well.

In other weather news, I heard on the radio yesterday about India. Have you all heard about India?!? Unbelievable heat wave. Thousands have died. I think the temps have been close to 120F during the day and are only dropping into the mid 90Fs overnight. The only place in the USA that I know of that can boast those temps is Death Valley, and they get much cooler at night I think.

It's getting worse. We have a front stalled out over us that met afternoon temps of 90f. Minute maid park has water in it in downtown Houston.

I've seen some coverage of that India heat. Amazing!

Right now it's cool and crisp here (50F/10C at local midnight), and it feels more like autumn. Frost advisories are posted for areas just north of the Twin Cities...for the last day of May.

About what we are getting down here. But then it is winter, officially tomorrow. I wonder when India gets its monsoon. That might cool the weather there. Meanwhile India and California are not the only ones facing drought. It is drizzly here, but in a large part of Queensland there seems to have been constant drought since 2012.

There's this bright yellow thing up there in the sky. And the sky is BLUE not gray!

AND! The weather predictions say 0% between now and THURSDAY!

This is a badly needed break in the rain for us. We've had over 26 inches officially making it the wettest spring on record in our area. Previous record was 1993. We still have to keep a really close eye on the rivers and creeks though because the water is coming from upstream.

We had enough rain that the street I live on, which gets water up over the curb if it rains really hard for 30 min, have the water come up 1/3rd of the way up our driveway. Just shy of the record where it came up halfway during Tropical Storm Allison. Thankfully, my dad put my car in the yard to keep it from getting swamped.

Anyone who may think it's "fun" to drive or walk through flood waters... That much water flushes out snakes and all manner of other critters.

Hopefully we can get enough of a break to dry out that the next rain event doesn't cause instant flooding. I wish we could have stuck tanker trucks out in the heaviest rain, let them fill up from rain, and shipped it off to California.

I think our unusually cool spring temperatures are about to come to an end after today. Tomorrow should be up into the mid 80Fs which is much more appropriate for this time of year.

I remember back when I was in grade school, there were several days we were let out at 2pm instead of 3:30pm because the window AC units just couldn't keep up. And then teachers would stand outside and spray interested kiddos with water for fun to help cool off. None of that this year. School is out and I was wearing a jacket yesterday morning.

June 1.

Hurricane season begins today. To those on the coasts... Do you have your kits ready and a stash of food and water if needed?

I need to check with my parents and see if they have anything past a little back up that I know is still there.

I last posted here on May 12, and we have had such a variety of weather since then: from hot & humid to frost warnings coming to fruition to lovely spring days, but not much rain. At all. (Quite the contrast to parts of TX!) This past weekend, however, it rained quite steadily and beautifully from Saturday evening through much of the day Sunday, hurrah! We could probably use another good day's precipitation, but that's a wonderful start. It had been just over 2 & 1/2 weeks without any rain, yikes.

Today is wonderfully cool, 'though we're past any danger of frost now, but the temperature was down in the high single digits (Celsius) last night. So great for this morning's early walk!

The week is gradually warming up, but not unduly so. Friday, I think, is to be the only humid day in the near future, with thundershowers. Then becoming comfortable again.

June 1 marks the beginning of meteorological summer here, and while frost remains possible it's unlikely. Nevertheless, the past few days have been cool and the nights feel more like October with lows getting close to freezing and low humidity. That's the kind of crisp weather this polar bear loves!

Alas, it isn't expected to last long. This close to the solstice means long days and high sun angle eventually will rule the day. We'll be sending that heat and humidity to you, jo, since it's expected to arrive here late tomorrow and last a while before moving east.

Our winter has started with a bang rather than the usual whimper, with the coldest June 1st & 2nd for 30 years. We are getting temperatures of -6 degrees Celsius in the Blue Mountains. But we heard on the radio that in some place in Canada called Whistler it was -30 degrees Celsius. A bit low for the beginning of Summer, isn't it? It kind of puts things in perspective.

the past few days have been cool and the nights feel more like October with lows getting close to freezing and low humidity. That's the kind of crisp weather this polar bear loves!

Indeed!

But the shared humidity news really stinks.

But we heard on the radio that in some place in Canada called Whistler it was -30 degrees Celsius.

Whistler, British Columbia is probably the best known alpine resort in Canada. It is The Place to go skiing and snowboarding. I have never skied there, but friends have and said it is really spectacular. I hadn't heard about the frigid temperatures there, but it looks like they have rebounded, as today Whistler should be a very pleasant 14C/57F.

Oooh, I just heard that the long-range summer forecast for southern Ontario is for not much extreme heat, overall, hurrah! Sure, there will hot and humid days, but not the long stretches we have seen in some recent summers. And about average precipitation. Let's hope this all holds true! This would make summer bearable, rather than 'impossible'.

Many years ago my brother and I contemplated extending our Vancouver visit to include Whistler, but it didn't work out (it's not very close). We did visit some of the locations later used in the 2010 Winter Olympics (though it was summer at the time). That whole area is incredibly beautiful.

Lots of drought-breaking rain here today. Local weather people have been paying a lot of attention to the forecast for tonight's Rolling Stones concert, which is in an outdoor stadium and will go on rain or shine (the band area is covered but not the audience). One weather guy had some fun with it, working as many Stones song titles as he could into the forecast this evening (21 by a co-anchor's count).

This rain will herald the humidity we've mentioned already (along with a healthy crop of mosquitoes, I fear).

Rain was not in short supply down south. As I shared on another post The Mrs. and i wer in Texas the other weekend, and witnessed some of the flooding that plagued the area.
We were pretty much trapped in the motel in Huston waiting for the water to recede enough for us to leave town.
At the motel we stayed at in Dallas it poured 6 to 8 inches overnight.
As we were going up I-35 exiting Texas into Oklahoma we noticed where the water had actually washed over the bridge as we crossed over the border.
I told The Mrs. that the next time we go south we are strapping the canoe on the roof.

The heat is on today, with temps well into the 80sF at local noon. It will be the first 90F/32C here in almost 11 months and the first one in June in 2 years (hey, I hear that chuckling from those who live in warm climates ).

The heat will break with potentially heavy rain tonight.

Believe it or not, we're supposed to get several inches of rain later this week as the remnants of Hurricane Bianca come this way.

Tuesday's high turned out to be a toasty 95F/35C. That's a faded memory now as the temps hover around 60F/15C and the rain keeps falling. Earlier estimates of up to 2 inches (50mm)/hour have been reduced, and the flash flood watch has been cancelled. Still, I might find myself looking for a kayak to get around later today.