Drought conditions in Bruce County

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July 4th, 2018, 07:01 PM
JMatthews

Drought conditions in Bruce County

What a change from last year! It seems like every time rain is in the forecast, it goes around us. I have a weather station and in June we got 2.66 cm of rain for the whole month. May was a little better with 8.9 cm. No rain this month so far and the rain in the forecast for Thursday is getting less and less as we get closer, maybe 3 mm.
our pond has dropped at least 4 inches the last 2 weeks.
Looks like this may be another year like 2 years ago. It’s bad enough that there is no rain but the really hot weather sure isn’t helping. I’m sure there will be fire bans soon.
The crops are really starting to show the lack of moisture now as well.
July 5th, 2018, 04:52 AM
Ontariofarmer

Drought conditions in Bruce County

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Originally Posted by JMatthews

What a change from last year! It seems like every time rain is in the forecast, it goes around us. I have a weather station and in June we got 2.66 cm of rain for the whole month. May was a little better with 8.9 cm. No rain this month so far and the rain in the forecast for Thursday is getting less and less as we get closer, maybe 3 mm.
our pond has dropped at least 4 inches the last 2 weeks.
Looks like this may be another year like 2 years ago. It’s bad enough that there is no rain but the really hot weather sure isn’t helping. I’m sure there will be fire bans soon.
The crops are really starting to show the lack of moisture now as well.

Sorry to hear that We are at 3.5 inches since April 20. Even that is not enough. In central Huron county

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July 5th, 2018, 06:52 AM
Fox

We have nothing here too, Oxford Mills, Kemptville is 10km away and has been hammered and Kingston/Brockville have seens tons of rain too but our garden is a dust bowl.
July 5th, 2018, 07:22 AM
Fisherman

Fickle Mother Nature, dry us out or drown us. I can see campfire bans coming soon.
July 5th, 2018, 07:50 AM
KMG Canada

Yup, gonna be bad perhaps. My drainage ditch on the one side of our fields is nothing but mud and the creek at the back is 6-8 inches down from where it normally should be.
July 5th, 2018, 02:22 PM
G Skinner

Raining in KW as I type ......
Glen
July 10th, 2018, 09:32 AM
duckslayer

Fire ban on Perth county wide
July 10th, 2018, 11:54 AM
Ontariofarmer

Dry dry in hullet area

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July 10th, 2018, 12:47 PM
Fox

I just pulled up the radar for our area, zoomed out, at 12:30pm there was not a spec of rain in all of Ontario, just insane.
July 10th, 2018, 03:36 PM
rf2

Very dry in the Ottawa area too. I was out for a ride on my ATV in the Marlborough forest on Saturday, and the only time I've seen it drier was in the late summer 2 years ago. If this lack of rain keeps up for much longer, it will be drier than that very soon.
July 10th, 2018, 04:36 PM
Sharon

I don't remember ever having to water my garden as often. Only July 10 and I'm getting tired of watering already.
July 10th, 2018, 06:46 PM
Fisherman

Just a matter of time: Other areas with bans include Huron County, Brockton, South Bruce, North Bruce Peninsula. Owen Sound, Grey Highlands, West Grey, Hanover, Georgian Bluffs and now all of Perth County. Most of Muskoka is under a ban too.
July 10th, 2018, 07:32 PM
JMatthews

All kinds of grass fires today along the eastern section of the 401. Total fire bans throughout the Bruce now.
July 10th, 2018, 09:34 PM
johny

Only benefit. Zero mosquitoes.
I spent last weekend near Hope Bay never saw a single mosquito day or night including hiking in deep woods.
July 10th, 2018, 09:42 PM
Bushmoose

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Originally Posted by Fisherman

Just a matter of time: Other areas with bans include Huron County, Brockton, South Bruce, North Bruce Peninsula. Owen Sound, Grey Highlands, West Grey, Hanover, Georgian Bluffs and now all of Perth County. Most of Muskoka is under a ban too.

Heck, most of northern Ontario is under fire restrictions. Its bad in many places. My lawn is brown and I'm lovin that part of it, but the bush is explosive dry right now!
July 11th, 2018, 04:33 AM
Deer Hunter

Fires: year to date
The figures below represent the total number of forest fires inside Ontario's fire region for the 2018 fire season, as they compare to the 2017 season and to the ten year average.
2018 - 549 fires
2017 - 147 fires
10 year avg. - 370 fires

https://www.ontario.ca/page/forest-fires
July 12th, 2018, 12:56 AM
johny

We are having an excellent summer inthe North West.
Storm pass through every 2-4 days for the last two months and temperature are hot.
Garden is growing better than any time in the last 20 years.
Bush tomatoes as high as my chest.
Huge loose leaf lettuce heads, garlic and early onions.
Massive Mushroom harvest-- Porcini, Chanterelles, Leccinums and even a Lobster Mushroom today.
Lots of mosquitoes but almost no tics due to long deep cold winter with very little snow.
July 12th, 2018, 07:18 PM
Species8472

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Originally Posted by johny

We are having an excellent summer inthe North West.
Storm pass through every 2-4 days for the last two months and temperature are hot.
Garden is growing better than any time in the last 20 years.
Bush tomatoes as high as my chest.
Huge loose leaf lettuce heads, garlic and early onions.
Massive Mushroom harvest-- Porcini, Chanterelles, Leccinums and even a Lobster Mushroom today.
Lots of mosquitoes but almost no tics due to long deep cold winter with very little snow.

just coming back from some from work at the Nugold Rainy River mine and that's exactly what i observed. Plus saw a ton of deer.

I remember the cold as well. Was up doing service work for a week in January and it was -42 on the dash thermometer one morning.
July 13th, 2018, 08:20 PM
mosquito

Chatham Kent fire ban
https://chathamvoice.com/2018/07/13/...er-a-fire-ban/