***Official 2025 Weather Thread***
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1.4" in West Waukee. Got the lawn mowed last night and it's looking beautiful this AM.
For as much rain we have received, Red Rock is still below last years stage and has only used nine percent of flood capacity. They are using a much simpler and aggressive discharge strategy than the complicated formulas in 93 and 08.
I'd think '93 was close but don't remember if the rains kept going to August.
July's total sits at 12.71" near the Ankeny Airport. I haven't mowed in a week and probably will skip today. I notice some areas of my lawn look like they could be mostly yellow nutsedge. No grub issues though! But it's always something.
You either get warm air full of moisture out of the south or cool dry air full of wildfire smoke out of the north.
My memory fails me also, but i think farmers in the area were still researching track grain carts, combine duals, etc. (and in some cases purchasing) at this juncture in '93. Rains subsided and harvest was normal or better than normal field condition wise but yields had already suffered a massive hit. The way things look at this point here (Black Hawk Co), we are still on track for near record yields and no reason to expect anything but normal harvest conditions as long range forecast predictions revert to the mean.
Two main contributors to this would be fungicide use and the fact that a million miles of field tile have been installed since then.
We had 2 in. as well (west) and I was concerned about our sump pump while listening to it pour last night. No worries, it works fine. Weird thing though - our dehumidifier in the basement was only about half full since yesterday morning and wasn't even running this morning.
Currently at more than a foot of rain this month.
Fall of '73 was worse than '93 where I grew up. Around 18" in 48 hours mid-September will do that. We had to wait for a hard freeze in December to finish up.
1993 set the record with 48 inches of rain between April and July/August.
1993: Iowa rains that wouldn't go away
It wouldn't stop raining. Twenty-five years later, that's the most common recollection among those who endured the flood – actually, …
www.thegazette.com
since we are reminiscing about weather:
"back in (insert date) I was boiling water to make coffee and it was too hot so i took it outside to cool down. It was so cold out and it froze so fast the ice was still warm"
(Paraphrased from Festus in a Gunsmoke episode)
"back in (insert date) I was boiling water to make coffee and it was too hot so i took it outside to cool down. It was so cold out and it froze so fast the ice was still warm"
(Paraphrased from Festus in a Gunsmoke episode)
You know what we’re up to this year by chance? Doubt we’re that close to that but damn we’ve had a lot.1993 set the record with 48 inches of rain between April and July/August.
1993: Iowa rains that wouldn't go away
It wouldn't stop raining. Twenty-five years later, that's the most common recollection among those who endured the flood – actually, …
Buy a couple mini goats they will keep your lawn mowed. And you can charge parents $10 so their kids can pet your goats.
Guys are putting tracks on combines in my area so they can combine their oats. They are leaving 2-3’ deep ruts and still getting stuck. Even if the rain stops now there will be big wet spots. Some wet holes have intakes to help get rid of water, they also spit water out into your fields as the tile carry water out of the field. All is fun.
Go Cyclones beat the kitties.
According to WHO-TV July 2025 is not the wettest July on record.
"The overnight rain brings Des Moines’ total rain in July to 10.62″. This is a preliminary new record monthly total for July in Des Moines."
I’m picturing a guy asking his female neighbor if she’d like to pet his goat. Doesn’t end well in that mind video.
