Rain ... and Fall-like Temps

I've never seen the month of June end with weather like this ... 3-4 days of drizzling rain which dropped 1.25" of rain at our place. Perfect. Temperatures struggled to make it to 70°. Perfect. Indeed, it felt like fall in the Midwest. While we enjoyed the cooler temps, others in the Midwest weren't as lucky. Some folks received over 15" of rain in the same time period! Take a look at the attached graphic and see how wide spread and diverse the rain distribution was. At least we'll be safe to blow things up next week for the 4th of July! For additional coverage of the heavy rain that drenched Eastern Kansas, click here.

254 Days of no 90°

What a streak! 254 days without a temperature in the Kansas City area above 90°! But that of course ended this week as we had heat and humidity. It was sticky and humid every day with no rain ... but hey, the yard still looks great! Speaking of streaks, despite some reasonable stormy weather this season, Tonganoxie is yet to have a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning. Bummer.