Rain

[15444]

Finally dry on top here. Dust swirling on top of roads last couple days. Lots of mud and bottomless a little over a week ago. Frost wasn't completely out this time last year. So a couple weeks ahead from last year.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Rained off and on all day, then more snow over night.

They say you can't make water wetter, but you sure can make mud muddier and deeper.

Takes a lot of the fun out of calving. Jan/Feb calving this year would have been much better.

Average January high here after the end of the cold spell was +4.4 degrees C ( no, thats not a typo, positive 4.4). No snow on any of those days.
Feb average high for the whole month was +0.6C
March -0.2 C
April so far +0.9 C and precipitation on all but 4 days

And that is from a station half hour north of here, we are usually much warmer in winter, close to equal by this time of year.

Not a positive trend. Had 3 double digit highs in Jan and Feb, and none since.
Edit, image in January highs starting after the end of the cold spell:


Still good snowmobiling conditions, everywhere except where the cows are, where it is impassible to quad or vehicle, and as of the past 2 days impossible to pull a calf sled.

[Guest]

Rain , ?
Numbnuts’ carbon tax working way to good for that ?
Is this what the sheeple wanted ???
April 18 ,a few minutes above freezing for the whole month of april
But it will be the warmest april on record according to that idiot weather channel

[GDR]

Takes a lot of the fun out of calving. Jan/Feb calving this year would have been much better.

Most years looking back January has been better calving weather than March because of cold and April because of mud. Problem is the odd year where you could get a nasty surprise. I'm down to 11 left to come and have been surprisingly lucky this year so far considering the weather. But yep not a bunch of fun sloshing through the mud, makes it hard to run away from the old mean cow you should have gotten rid of years before! Not to mention sick calves.

[malleefarmer]

http://https://twitter.com/samheagney/status/1251654444946558976?s=21 http://https://twitter.com/samheagney/status/1251654444946558976?s=21

[farmaholic]

http://twitter.com/samheagney/status/1251654444946558976?s=21 http://twitter.com/samheagney/status/1251654444946558976?s=21

Clickable now?

.....yup

[malleefarmer]

Clickable now?

.....yup

Thanks mind the language eh

[farmaholic]

Thanks mind the language eh

My ears lost their virginity decades ago.
It takes alot to offend me....if its even possible.

[furrowtickler]

If you want less rain move to my neighbourhood.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPan-rEQJA

[farmaholic]

You don't know what drought is !

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