NWS Regional Climate Report – April 2021>>>
2:30 AM on April 21, 2021 was quite wintry. Several trees broke from the weight of the wet snow on leaves and flowers.
“Have you ever seen the rain?”
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by Pam Knox |
Source: Brocken Inaglory, Creative CommonsIf you’ve been around as long as I have, you will no doubt remember the Creedence Clearwater Revival song “Have You Ever Seen the Rain”. This week I want to talk about sensing the rain using radar and how you can use it to provide you with local rainfall information if you don’t have a rain gauge of your own.
May 1, 2021, Soil Moisture, Drought, and Condition Monitoring Report. Near Normal at Cheviot OH 3W. Northern Ohio, Great Lakes, and New England drought. Widespread western drought.
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>>>
Search condition monitoring reports for the entire US>>> 
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.
To the extent possible recycle falling leaves back into the soil around the trees and maintain mulch around the trees to a radius of at least 3-5 feet. Keep mulch off trunks. Use a coarse textured mulch. Avoid triple shredded mulch.
Drought: How Dry Seasons Affect Woody Plants
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1-inch capacity rain gauge >>>
Taylor rain gauge >>>
Watering: How and when>>>
Watering Trees and Shrubs>>>
Click on the title or the graphic (above) to access the
U.S. Weekly Drought MonitorPDF Version of Graphic 
Click on the title or the graphic (above) to access the
U.S. Monthly Drought OutlookPDF Version of Graphic
Click on the title or the graphic (above) to access the
U.S. Seasonal Drought OutlookPDF Version of Graphic
Other Drought links: