Im convince SE Iowa will never have a long term period with above avg precip again! At least my county here. The drought monitor people simply dont look into it! Farmer alone make reports, no businesses or landscapers. Farmers could care less after crops are out and yields were ok. Especially my isolated corner here! Our 60 yr average of nearly 40" per yr is long gone! Average now is closer to 28 or 29" often less. I can count wetter than average weeks per yr on ONE HAND! WET MONTHS RARE! I OWN 3 POND. ONE ALMOST DEAD. 2 NEAR FISH KILL OFF. 1 BESIDE MY HOME, I was smart and tiled house and barn roof water into it! That saved it because even our common .20" goes straight to the pond! But its still 5 ft low! Has not ran over since June 2021! In fact since July 2021 my town has a 55" plus precip deficit!!! Unreal really. Month after month huge shortfalls. Year after year! No flooding ever. I had expert tree company come out look at my mature maple, oak and walnuts in yard. He said maples this whole city dying from decade drought!!! He said to run a hose on maple hours per week, I did AND THEY RETURNED AND LOOK BETTER! 30 T0 50 YR OLD TREES DYING! HONESTLY HAVE NO CLUE HOW THIS SMALL AREA IN SE IOWA MORE LIKE DAKOTAS THAN MIDWEST!

Failure to reach 33 degrees sun angle today.

Helena, MT crazy winds!

These storm reports kind of jumped out at me. Sadly this includes a fatality and injuries.

We have a real yawner of a Christmas season here. Mid 60’s -mid 70’s for highs. No rain ahead despite how bad we need it. Somebody please inform me of some hope for moisture!