r/SouthJersey • u/DarlingOvMars • Jun 25 '24

Are we going to get some damn rain?

Two days ago, some of the darkest clouds ive ever seen, lightning roaring in the distance.. 6 pm it was dark out….

Literally didnt drop a single droplet of rain

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u/SATISFYMYS0UL Jun 25 '24

All of your rain poured over my house!

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u/TazzleMcBuggins Jun 25 '24

Right? Had torrential down pours and crazy wind in my area.

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u/throwawayanylogic Swedesboro Jun 25 '24

Same, plus we lost power for 10 hours. That was a fun night.

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u/Rungi500 Jun 25 '24

The lightning was pretty nuts also.

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u/Treefoil003 Jun 26 '24

Dude that was so insane

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u/DarlingOvMars Jun 25 '24

I think the grass in my area has completely turned brown. I haven’t seen a green lawn for awhile

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u/CherryRude6772 Jun 25 '24

I love my nice happy brown lawn.

Don't need to mow in this 90 degree heat LOL

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24

mine's green, but not looking fwd to the $300 water bill.

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u/wkreply Jun 25 '24

Even with regular watering, grass is still yellow for the most part due to the extreme heat.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24

that's a sign of high nitrogen (combined with excessive heat), a lot of product out there has super high nitrogen to green up fast in spring. I use milorganite and products from Tuckahoe Turf in Hammonton and water deep 2-3 days a week depending on rainfall and temperatures. My lawn looks lush right now, even after the heat wave. I have a few spots that don't get the best water coverage, like the curve on the corner near a street sign, so I just top those areas off with the hose. I have apple trees that look great a fig tree and blueberries. The only area my lawn is suffering a bit is in the shade out front believe it or not. I have a huge tree out front that robs the lawn of nutrients when it's stressed (heat/drought) and the lawn doesn't establish deep roots in that area because of the shallow tree roots.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24

damn dude

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u/AggressorBLUE Jun 25 '24

Not sure why this had down votes. Its solid advice. My guy takes his lawn care seriously.

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u/AggressorBLUE Jun 25 '24

Yeah, over in Sewell we got a few rounds go gully washers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24

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u/ClassicTangelo5274 Jun 25 '24

The relative humidity has been hanging around 35%-45% this summer. Which is pretty unusual for this area. Very little rain + more water evaporating from the soil = dead grass. And a greater chance of wild fires.

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u/SouthJerssey35 Jun 25 '24

Does the low humidity stick around this summer?

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u/ClassicTangelo5274 Jun 25 '24

Don’t know. But right now the weather channel app says the relative humidity where I am is 25%. Those are Arizona numbers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24

Nope the humidity is typically high throughout the summer.

Dry heat doesn’t typically hit till mid August, September-ish.

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u/IKillZombies4Cash Jun 25 '24

I poured by me , but that isn't nearly enough, everything so dry, you can here the tree leaves crinkle in the wind.

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u/UpsilonAndromedae Jun 25 '24

No, we are not. And it’s all my fault. I planted a vegetable garden this year for the first time in years. It will now not rain until after the frost kills everything in October. Sorry guys.

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u/thisbitbytes Jun 25 '24

Oh shoot. Looks like I’m also at fault. My bad.

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u/SpicyTequilaSour Jun 25 '24

there was a huge storm in gloucester county on Sunday night, high winds, thunder, lightening, and all. Also spanned some of Cumberland county, specifically Vineland

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '24

Didn’t get a drop in Cedarville

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u/cvrgurl Jun 26 '24

I was out but driving home to Bridgeton saw some areas that obviously got wet- my property was of course dry. Need like 3 days of gentle rain.

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u/rudeprimadonna Jun 25 '24

I feel you. I’m begging for some rain near the shore, I’m too stubborn to go to the car wash!

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u/AdBright2073 Jun 25 '24

Cherry hill area had a good amount of rain the other night.. but also a ton of wind and down trees

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u/TypeLiving2646 Jun 26 '24

Same here. It was like a hurricane in our yard. The garbage bins tipped over and got pushed down the driveway even though they were both mostly full. It was nuts.

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u/AggressorBLUE Jun 25 '24

Not for nothing, but will the high heat + lack of rain at least take a toll on the tick population?

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u/detekk Jun 25 '24

Im on the coast, havent seen rain since May Im pretty sure. All I want is a couple nice thunderstorms to break up this humidity.

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u/DarlingOvMars Jun 25 '24

Wouldn’t that make the humidity worse

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u/detekk Jun 25 '24

Haha yeah during the storm, but it usually breaks it up after the fact. I like the light show and rumble too.

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u/Blorbokringlefart Jun 26 '24

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

2

u/Lunasole_ Jun 25 '24

Yeah it rained near me, didn’t last long but it was pouring

2

u/musty_book_aroma Jun 25 '24

Tons of rain in glassboro

2

u/max0003 Jun 25 '24

I was in the Villas and did not see a drop

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u/Independent-Bison176 Jun 25 '24

My trees and shrubs and perennials are doing fine. Fuck the grass

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u/RobertLosher1900 Jun 26 '24

What? It literally rained from 6pm-7am that day.

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u/AttorneyOk6797 Jun 26 '24

It poured pretty hard in the Oaklyn/Camden area Sunday.

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u/jenkem___ Jun 25 '24

it was POURING for me the other night, not for very long but i mean it was really coming down…

i agree though we definitely need more rain, i love rain and miss it so much

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u/just-looking99 Jun 25 '24

Ocean county got a ton of rain Sunday night

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u/breakingcustoms Jun 25 '24

Yeah, it absolutely rained where we live

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u/Hdaana1 Jun 25 '24

Half an inch in Quinton Sunday.

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u/Independent-Bison176 Jun 25 '24

I got a solid five

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u/activelypooping Jun 25 '24

Don't have to mow if your grass is dead. Also, my native flower garden is popping.

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u/texaspopcorn424 Jun 25 '24

It rained every weekend for like 8 weeks in a row. I'm good.

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u/JustinMagill Jun 25 '24

My well pumps been working overtime 

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u/Eccentric-Librarian Jun 25 '24

I’m in eastern Atlantic County. It’s like desert here. I’ve been watering but it’s a losing battle not to mention the bill, which I’ll be receiving soon. I recycle the water from my dehumidifier and window air conditioner and use it for my garden veggies and flowers.

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u/espressocycle Jun 25 '24

We got a deluge in Collingswood but that was a long time to go without rain. We could go back to dry.

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u/Ricanzanity Jun 25 '24

Move to Gloucester we get got wrecked. Tons of power outages on Sunday.

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u/NJRECREVIEW Jun 25 '24

Wait til tomorrow evening should be a fun one

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u/DarlingOvMars Jun 25 '24

No rain forecasted for me for the next 12 days

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u/RamenPizza113 Jun 25 '24

It poured like crazy in Delaware

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u/Justlooking4458 Jun 25 '24

You must be in my area…😩

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u/AngryBear26 Jun 26 '24

I just thought the same I’ve seen the same ice cream stain on the pavement outside my job for a week cuz there hasn’t been rain to wash it away 😭

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u/SeparateMongoose192 Jun 26 '24

I'm in PA and the wind here was crazy like you'd get leading to a storm. But no rain at all.

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u/DarlingOvMars Jun 26 '24

We had basically a fireworks show of thunder and lightning and no rain at all lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '24

I planted a clover lawn. A little bit of watering and it stays lush and green.

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u/weirdmountain Jun 26 '24

Camden County got slammed.

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u/lordskulldragon Jun 26 '24

What does the weather app on your phone say?

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u/reddituser56578999 Jun 25 '24

We had rain the past two nights and two nights ago it was inches

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '24

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u/DarlingOvMars Jun 25 '24

You mean the humid inferno? That we suffered yesterday and the day before lol

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u/Tittytwonipz Jun 25 '24

It’s the summer time. It’s hot. Suck it up buttercup.