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It’s dry and getting drier. Forecast calls for more dry weather in the coming weeks. Time to water! Please delay shutting down irrigation for the year.

A drought and heat wave in the fall of 2019 lead to the death of a number of evergreens, and other landscape plants as well. Rainfall this year has been spotty, but it is now becoming increasingly dry over many parts of the Cincinnati area and watering is becoming increasingly important.

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>>>

Dry 8-14 day outlook:

Cool but dry 3-4 week outlook:

 

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Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Weekly Report: Near Normal

Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Weekly Report:  Near Normal

United States Drought Monitor–

Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 9/12/2020
Submitted: 9/12/2020 6:12 AM
Scale Bar: Near Normal
Description:

No measurable rain in the last 8 days but 0.70 inches of rain in September. Soil is getting increasingly dry but lawn is still growing like it’s spring here. Some south facing slopes are beginning to show some drought stress but in general lawns here remain green and lush. Pretty normal for early meteorological fall. My location did pick up 1.87 inches of rain from a pretty isolated thunderstorm in late August greatly increasing soil moisture here. Many areas nearby did not get that rain and are quite dry.

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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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Search condition monitoring reports for the entire US>>>  

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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: 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? Climatologically, the period July 14-21, the mid-point of meteorological summer, is the hottest week of the year and the period January 14-21, the mid-point of meteorological winter, is the coldest week of the year over much of the continental US including the Ohio valley.

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