Is Summer Almost Over?

We have had the strangest weather all year so far. June was fairly hot whereas it is cool most of the time. July has been both hot and cool but mostly cool and rainy, whereas it is usually very hot and dry. We are wondering what August is going to bring as we really haven't had a normal summer as yet.

Tonight it is to get down to 49 degrees and that is not growing weather for the corn and beans. They need lots of sunshine and heat. If you stand in the sun, you get hot and sunburned but if you are in a breeze and in the shade, you nearly need a jacket and often do need a jacket. We have taken jackets at night whenever we go out. I wonder if we will have a cold, wet fall too. Time will tell.

Are You Sure it is August?

Are you sure it is the middle of August? It has been feeling a great deal like October for a couple of weeks now. When you get up in the morning it is in the 50's and that is cold for August. They always talk about "the dog days" of summer in August because it is always so hot you can hardly stand it. The humidity is high and you are hoping for rain. Not this year though. The humidity has dropped and we have had plenty of rain for the beans and corn. It will warm to the 80's by afternoon but I heard they may have snow in the Rockies today. I think that is too early and an early warning to us of an early winter. Summer has been way too short this year but maybe September will be better.