We woke up Tuesday morning to eight inches of snow, which was already starting to melt. As you can see from the drought map, we can use the precipitation, especially if it’s not a gully washer that washes out the roads up in the mountains. Our April shower may be different from the usual variety, but we’ll take it gladly. 🙂
Do you have April showers where you are?
We already had the first and hope for more, which would be normal. Our ground is still pretty saturated by March rains, but we still need periodic rains. Our temperatures have returned closer to normal, though our above normal temperatures for the last several weeks has everything looking more like the middle of May than early April.
I live where you live.
You have a swimming pool behind your apartment?! I never knew.
Oh, yes! We call them summer showers that favour us during April, May and early June, by which time the monsoon sets in. The showers are more frequent up in the hills just a few miles away from us, but they too help to bring cool breezes that bring the summer temperatures down. Just three days ago, we had hail storm in Panchgani and rains in the lower reaches.
Mike,
I’ve been watching the Master’s Tournament (golf), and apparently things have bloomed early there too. They usually have azaleas blooming, but this year they are all past.
I’m glad your area of the South and Southwest hasn’t been hit by drought too.
Where exactly are you in Arkansas? I have a iPad app that can give me weather around the world. I put in Auckland for Cathy and Pune for Rummuser, but the closest I have for you is Little Rock. Is that close enough weatherwise?
bikehikebabe,
Yes, the swimming pool was great when Kaitlin was young. I still have memories of how clear and pretty the water was, and we spent many a happy hour in the summer using it. But gradually the big pump at the bottom stopped working. They still tried circulating the water with some side pumps (?) but the water was murky and unappealing. Finally a year or so ago they stopped filling it and closed it down. It would have cost too much to fix it.
Rummuser,
I’ve been watching your temperatures. I can well imagine you would appreciate the cooler air. I’m glad you have the rain.
Our azaleas are well past peak, too. Our redbud and dogwood tree blossoms are long gone where they would normally be just now starting to bloom.
Our weather is usually a tad cooler than Little Rock. Our closest National Weather Service weather station is at the Russellville Municipal Airport. We’re about 700 to 800 feet higher in elevation than that and often see a difference of a couple of degrees cooler than what the temperature is in the valley.
Our April is set to be quite wet. Australia’s climate actually cycles over a few years – controlled by El Nino and La Nina.
Mike,
Thanks. I put Russellville in my weather app.
Evan,
We’re highly influenced by El Nino and La Nina too. Meteorologists say the latest La Nina is responsible for the drought here in the Southwest U.S.
I added Sydney to my weather app too.