Let’s review some rainfall amounts from June provided by your friends and neighbors: Murphy Dennis, near Clark County Rifles, 7.23 inches; Claudia Chiasson, Carson, 4.29 inches; Judy Darke, Felida, 3.11 inches; Bob Starr, Cougar, 5.73 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lakeshore, 3.45 inches; Bud Maddux, Home Valley, 3.15 inches; Pete Conrad near Tukes Mountain, 4.06 inches; Merle Moore, two miles west of Yacolt, 5.31 inches; Gary Collins, Brush Prairie, 6.05 inches; Bill Sobolewski, Livingston Mountain, 7.55 inches; Phil Delany, above Dole Valley, 7.80 inches; Dan Hein, Camas, 5.81 inches; Irving St. Germain, Prune Hill, 6 inches; Nancy Ellifrit, Mt. Vista, 4.48 inches; Sandy Nesvick, east Vancouver, 4.6 inches; Chuck Houghten, Hockinson Heights, 6.27 inches; Barry Fizthum, Amboy, 5.08 inches; Larry Lebsack, Northeast Hazel Dell, 3.84 inches; Jim Knoll, Five Corners, 4.31 inches; and Ellen Smart, Ridgefield, 3.50 inches.
You will notice that some of the rainfall amounts were heavier than the rainfall for May. Go figure.
“I was surprised at how wet June was this year, but I had 4.31 inches of rain this June and that was my third wettest since 1996,” Knoll said. “Just when I thought I was going to have to water again regularly, nature took care of that for me. But I think that I’d rather be in control of how much water my plants get. And I can let the lawn dry out and not have to mow it so often.”
“Yep, July 5 and summer’s here,” Lebsack said. “Took a while, tomatoes are only two feet high, cantaloupe is breaking into growth, raspberries are coming on too fast, corn is only one foot tall (should be knee-high) but glad summer’s finally arrived.”
