Fall Weather Stats/Drought conditions

Some fall weather statistics to ponder.

                                   Temps                             Rain
September                    71.3  49th warmest       3.73"  109th driest
October                         61.9  27th warmest       1.06"  24th driest
Nov                               52     Top 10 to date       .2"    Top 10 to date

The fall season(Sept/Oct/Nov) is trending to be ranked in the Top 20 warmest/driest periods on record.

I thought we might get a nice rain last night but only about .13" at our weather station.  The course is a little drier than we like to see going into winter.  Our lake level has been drawn down over the last couple of weeks due to the dry conditions.  Our lake needs to be refilled once the level of water draws down to the point just above the intake where the pump system will automatically shutoff.   Our lake is recharged with city water and or rainfall.  The draw down to our lake is limited due to the amount of total volume of water that our irrigation lake is capable of holding.  Future expansion and dredging of our irrigation lake is a part of our Master plan which would be very helpful to reduce the use of city water which we all know is expensive and is a resource that should be conserved.               

Below is a link to information from Texas A&M regarding damage that can be caused from drought conditions going into winter and cold weather/winter desiccation which can be enhanced due to dry conditions.

http://www.plantanswers.com/drought_lawn_care.htm