Rain in June?

As I sit here, drinking my second cup of coffee, I was trying to think of the last time that it had rained in June. Our normal June rainfall total is usually under a tenth of an inch. That is mostly from the fog or sometimes light drizzle that we may get. As I look out the window. It is raining very steadily. I would guess that through the last hour, we have received about a 1/4 inch of rain. I will probably sit in the patio and wire some trees. I am smiling because I won’t have to water the field grown trees next Monday. My father figured out that for every 1/4 inch of rain we receive, we do not have to water the field for a week. Let it rain, let it rain let it rain!
We have had such a weird weather pattern this year and last. Starting from last November, it was very mild. December was also mild. January was fairly normal followed by a cool February. February was fairly wet and we had 10 to 15 days straight of frost. March was fairly cool and April was normal except for a few very hot days in the 90’s. May was a little cool, but a few weekends ago the temps were again in the 90’s. First hot, then cold. The plants do not know what season it is from month to month. I had crabapples flower in the winter and the apples flowered last month. What will Mother Nature bring next? Is everyone else experiencing crazy weather? Let me know. George

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