You guys, Where has our spring rain gone?

[Mary in KC]

River just keeps getting lower and lower.

Good part - no storms with tornadoes. Bad part - no storms with water, that we really, really need.

[evlbstrd]

1. I can't get my grass seed to germinate

without heavy watering. And I'm too cheap to do that.
The river level problem originates with drought in the west, though.

[Avalux]

2. Same here

driest April on record in Texas (south central) - no rains; sparse wildflowers. :-(

[Mary in KC]

3. My family is in Spokane

They have had no rain. Its just a huge fire waiting to happen.

[MadHound]

4. We've had plenty of rain here in Mid Mo

In fact we're still drying out from the last deluge last Friday. The reason the river is getting lower is due to the fact that states upriver from us, especially Montana, have been suffering from a multi-year drought. Thus the source of the Big Muddy is running dry. If significant rain doesn't start falling soon out west, the Missouri could be shut down to barge traffic next year, and dry up to a trickle.

[HeeBGBz]

5. What's up with this freezy stuff anyway?

It's May. It should be time to start swimming, not frosting.

[AllegroRondo]

6. St Louis is getting plenty.

last two weeks were nothing but rain. We're finally drying out.

[fob]

7. It's here in Northern California! We can't get it to stop raining here.

Rainy season (aka "winter") is from November to March, normally. We got a 3-5 day straight rain forecast and it's MAY!

[Mist]

8. Plenty of rain here! Ground hardly

dries out before the next deluge. I'm afraid the seeds and bulbs will rot before they come up.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Anyone fighting dandelions?

Mine are worse this year than ever. The weed killer didn't even touch them this year. Could that be because it's too dry?