I had my first light shower yesterday morning that was just enough to dampen the pavement and bring the sweet smell of the Sonoran Desert. That is all we got this whole weekend while everyone to our north, south and east got blessed with heavy rains. Sedona had a large cell that was nearly stationary and dumped heavy rain. It looks like our chances of rain subside this week but I got my eyes on the week of the 4th of July.

I'm surprised how clear the water is given the amount of rain/runoff that is filling up the lakes and rivers. I know a farmer out in NW IA who runs a hog farm and is flooded pretty bad. He says he can't get deliveries in and out of his farm. Hasn't been this bad in a very very long time. Thanks for sharing.

I think you try to find things on the left to make you mad every day so you can exaggerate and make blanket statements and convince yourself that you are right. You love to wallow like a pig in slop in the media drama that is created for the sole purpose of ratings and attention to stir up anger in this country. That is exactly what you do. You are the perfect target for them. And you perfectly epitomize the sad polarized situation we are in now.

I'm in that small purple circle at the top of Iowa. 17" this month. 7" Friday night alone. Ran 3 sump pumps, a shop vac and bailed buckets out of our sump pit all night with 7 of us working furiously. Long time since hubs and I pulled an all nighter. We stayed dry but just barely kept ahead of it. It was close. Too close. Many neighbors with piles of carpet and belongings outside in driveways. And we were lucky compared to friends 25 minutes south in Spencer, IA. 4.5 feet in their basement. Some with water to roofs. Absolutely heartbreaking and devastating. Video 20240623_202346.mp4 Video of the spillway in Spirit Lake, IA. This is where Big Spirit Lake flows into the north part of the Okoboji chain. It was bone dry in April. Under normal circumstances there is usually a 3 foot "spill" of water. Running flat and fast now. It had been out of banks on the sidewalk but I was fighting my own water battles at home most of Saturday. Here is the outlet on the other side of the road. 20240623_203156.mp4 Son had senior pictures taken on those rocks that are underwater. Crazy.

The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 77/64 there was 0.34” of rainfall. The highest wind gust was 34 mph the sun was out 38% of the possible time. For today the average H/L is 82/61 the record high of 96 was set in 1901 and 2009. The coldest high was 62 in 1994 the record low of 41 was set in 1961 the warmest low of 73 was set in 2005 and 1997. The most rainfall of 2.88” fell in 1994 that year was a cold and wet June 24th There was 0.55” of rainfall here in MBY overnight I was surprised to have that much. The overnight low was 58 and the current temperature is 61 with clear skies.