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It's RAINING!!!!!!!
I can't believe I can actually hear rain!!! It's been at least 9 months since I heard rain and it's a beautiful sound. I think that it's going to be steady and slow for a whole 45 minutes which is good. When the soil is as hard as cement most rain is runoff. This rain may actually sink into the soil a tiny bit.
I used to carry my little dog to my back door and we would watch and listen and we sang a rain song since it was a rare event.
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In east county said she was expecting the rain to get to her before the fire. Spoke Friday.
Glad it's raining, hope it puts the fires out.
Meanwhile here in Philly, we are nearing the driest January on record (although we have had some snow).
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.CLIMATE...
Perhaps somewhat unnoticed because of the cold, but January
2025 has been extremely dry, with three stations (Philadelphia,
Allentown and Mount Pocono) still recording less than their all-
time driest January on record.
Stats as of January 25, 2025:
Site January 2025 Driest Year
Allentown (ABE) 0.65 0.67 1981
Atlantic City Airport (ACY) 0.57 0.26 1981
Atlantic City Marina (55N) 0.69 0.35 1981
Georgetown (GED) 1.45 0.53 1981
Mount Pocono (MPO) 0.51 0.78 1955
Philadelphia (PHL) 0.39 0.45 1955
Reading (RDG) 0.79 0.48 1970
Trenton (TTN) 0.61 0.22 1876
Wilmington (ILG) 0.68 0.52 1981
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.CLIMATE...
Perhaps somewhat unnoticed because of the cold, but January
2025 has been extremely dry, with three stations (Philadelphia,
Allentown and Mount Pocono) still recording less than their all-
time driest January on record.
Stats as of January 25, 2025:
Site January 2025 Driest Year
Allentown (ABE) 0.65 0.67 1981
Atlantic City Airport (ACY) 0.57 0.26 1981
Atlantic City Marina (55N) 0.69 0.35 1981
Georgetown (GED) 1.45 0.53 1981
Mount Pocono (MPO) 0.51 0.78 1955
Philadelphia (PHL) 0.39 0.45 1955
Reading (RDG) 0.79 0.48 1970
Trenton (TTN) 0.61 0.22 1876
Wilmington (ILG) 0.68 0.52 1981
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