Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Weekly Report: Mildly Wet

United States Drought Monitor

Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 5/16/2020
Submitted: 5/16/2020 7:13 AM
Scale Bar: Mildly Wet
Description:

0.60 inches of rain in the past week after a hard freeze a week ago. Lawns are generally lush but some are off color due to the freeze. Many other plants are freeze damaged. Soils are moist. Continually moist conditions but light rain amounts are creating ideal conditions for disease infection in area landscapes.

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One of the coldest May temperatures ever recorded produces a one-two punch to area landscapes. Then it hailed. May 11, 2020

This report is specifically for the Arbor Doctor’s location 3.4 miles west of Cheviot, OH, in the western suburbs of Cincinnati in southwest Ohio. This location is also an official cooperative observation site for the National Weather Service listed as Cheviot 3W.

What is the Condition Monitoring Report? See these links for more information:

Explanation of scale bar>>>

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CoCoRaHS Condition Monitoring Report Map>>> 

Please remember to water…correctly!

Water once per week, one inch per week, under the entire branch spread, in the absence of rain, May through November. Either rainfall or your watering should equal the one inch per week. Put out a sprinkler and a straight sided soup can or rain gauge and measure one inch per week.

11-inch capacity rain gauge  

Taylor rain gauge   

Watering: How and when>>>

Watering Trees and Shrubs>>>

 

Soil Moisture Index:

Meteorological Versus Astronomical Seasons. Spring is here!

Spring: March 1-May 31; Summer: June 1-August 31; Fall: September 1-November 30; Winter: December 1-February 28 (29)

You may have noticed that Arbor Doctor, meteorologists and climatologists define seasons differently from “regular” or astronomical spring, summer, fall, and winter. So, why do  meteorological and astronomical seasons begin and end at different times? Read more here>>>

Spring leaf out (click on map to enlarge):

Comparison of 2020 spring leaf out to average from 1981-2010

Spring bloom index (Click on map to enlarge):

Comparison of 2020 spring bloom to average from 1981-2010