Raining steady all week and mid 50’s. It’s definitely fall in the PNW. I noticed that last week before this system set upon us the local hay farmers got in one last cut and bail in. I think, at least locally speaking, the hay farmers had a good year as there’s round bales everywhere including in the bed of half the trucks I get behind, the other half are carrying logs 😁
Our summer was temperate compared to the last 10 years or so. I don’t think that I can recall seeing our local hay fields irrigated once this year. We had a much wetter and greener summer than anytime in recent memories. I was afraid we’d get a long dry Indian summer which would likely mean that all that “fuel” that grew big would result in a lot of forest fires but thankfully our forest fires weren’t nearly as bad as they’ve been in the past.
