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October 6, 2018

September 2018 was very warm and very wet…

September was a warm and wet month. Rainfall at Cheviot OH 3W of 11.49 inches was 8.66 inches above normal. 2018 rainfall through September 30 was 18.27 inches above normal!

See the National Weather Service Wilmington’s September climate summary here>>>

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2018 Weather Summary Cheviot OH 3W

Month	MonthTotal Rain and melted ppt	2018 Total Rain and melted ppt	30 Yr Avg/YTD Rain & melted ppt	2018 +/- Rain and melt ppt	Mnth Total Snow	Ttl Snow July-June	30 Yr Avg Snow/Avg Snow Season to date July-June	2017-18 Snow Season +/-July-June	Ttl Hours Below Freezing July-June	2018Grow Degr Days Mnth End
Jan	2.91	2.91	3.08/3.08	-0.19	6.8	10.9	6.2/9.7	+1.2	873	10
Feb	8.27	11.18	2.08/5.88	+5.30	1.9	12.8	5.6/15.3	-2.5	1068	65
Mar	4.40	15.58	3.82/9.70	+5.88	9.0	21.8	3.6/18.9	+2.9	1234	79
April	4.61	20.19	4.03/13.73	+6.46	3.6	25.4	0.4/19.3	+6.1	1278	198
May	4.62	24.81	5.28/19.01	+5.80	0	25.4	0/19.3	+6.1	1278	900
June	4.80	29.61	4.24/23.25	+6.36	0	25.4	0/19.3	+6.1	1278	1639
July	3.09	32.70	4.05/27.30	+5.40	0	0	0/0	0	0	2253
Aug	7.47	40.17	3.26/30.56	+9.61	0	0	0/0	0	0
Sept	11.49	51.66	2.83/33.39	+18.27	0	0	0/0	0	0

October 6, 2018

Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Weekly Report: Moderately Wet

Station Number: OH-HM-24

Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W

Report Date: 10/6/2018

Submitted: 10/06/2018 4:07 AM

Scale Bar: Moderately Wet

Description:

After 11.49 inches of rain in September, only a trace of rainfall in the past 7 days. Local plants, crops, and lawns are healthy and lush. With hot, mostly dry weather over the past week, soil surfaces have dried out, swales are beginning to dry out.

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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>>>

Search condition monitoring reports for the entire US>>>

September 29, 2018

Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Weekly Report: Severely Wet

Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 9/29/2018
Submitted: 9/29/2018 6:22 AM
Scale Bar: Severely Wet
Description:2.03 inches of rain in the past week, 11.49 inches of rain since September 1, 18.96 inches of rain in the past 60 days. Soil is wet. Ground is completely saturated with water. Standing water is abundant. Water bodies are very elevated. Lawns are lush and growing as if it’s spring with very wet swales and ditches. Fields are wet. Landscape plants are green and lush. Leaf diseases are prevalent due to the very high moisture. Very little early fall color due to warm and wet weather. Very unusual conditions for late September.