Still raining? Still pouring?
Photo by Bob Jagendorf
As I’m sitting here, dampened by yet another rainy day in the middle of July, I can’t help but wonder what the heck is going on with the weather? This summer has been particularly strange, at least here in New York. We’ve always had the occasional summer thunderstorm, but this year it feels like we’ve been under a constant deluge since spring. I’m exaggerating of course, but I think we’ve certainly had more than our fair share of rain thus far. And according to the forecast, there’s plenty more sogginess to look forward to in the coming days.
With all the talk of global warming and people’s deleterious effect on the environment, the paranoid in me is getting riled up. I wonder whether this is just part of the natural cycle of weather patterns or if this is an indication of something worse. I’ve recently read that that El Niño is on its way. Could that have something to do with this infernal soaking? How will El Niño affect weather in various parts of the country in the coming months? What is El Niño anyway? There must be some weather-head Answers users out there to help me figure this out!
First, I guess I need to figure out exactly what El Niño is. For that, I turn to retired research meteorologist 1ofSelby’s, who has answered quite a few questions in the Weather section. His explanation is too detailed to reproduce here, but check out his answer to gain a better understanding of El Niño and how it differs from La Niña. Answers user uni-verse further helps us understand the mechanics of how El Niño and La Niña episodes are caused by ocean currents and global weather patterns.
As for the positive and negative effects of El Niño, both ridonculous and DustinDawind offer some interesting answers in response to that exact question posed by Ty. Matt answers a very similar question, focusing on how El Niño specifically affects the Atlantic hurricane season, a subject of particular importance in my region. I’ve learned that El Niño can be especially dangerous on the West Coast, in particular California, so for more on that I turn to our current top answerer in the weather section, cyswxman, who assures us that Southern California is probably in for an especially wet winter.
Thanks to all of these wise and informed weather experts, I can safely say that this irritating rain is probably just part of New York’s natural weather cycle and not indicative of anything more worrisome. I also have a clearer understanding of El Niño and La Niña events and realize that they are also just part of earth’s natural weather cycle. I guess I can safely lay my paranoid fears aside. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to run to the hardware store to buy some wood for my ark.
Have you been experiencing any unusual weather where you live? And how do you think this year’s El Niño will affect your area in the coming months? 
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I live in Maine and it’s been raining all summer here, too.
Agreed, the weather here in NYC has been terrible all summer. Feels like we got screwed out of the best season this year.
Hopefully El Nino will bring more rain here in Texas. It hasn’t rained much this summer at all and things are getting dry. It only has rained once, and it happened to be on the day that we decided to go to Six Flags (a theme park). That was pretty lame. Hope things clear up for you in NY!
i live in New Jersey; the weather’s been similar here too. June was recorded as literally the wettest month in state history!
It got to the point where if the sun came up (even for a few hours), i joking said to my friends how i was worried that the weather was acting so strangely (in how the sun was actually out). Quite frankly, it *has* been raining constantly since spring!
And i also noticed the temperature overall this summer has been lower than usual. Last year in July…we had a bad draught. This year…there have been literally a handful of times where the temperature broke into the 90′s… … and earlier this year in March … April…it actually did break into the 90′s….i even remember back in January some very abnormally mild days. … i feel like we’re not even in the summer season…i’ve jokingly asked my friends what summer was, being that the temperature and weather has been acting so strangly.
Have you noticed too? —the lack of hurricaines? (sorry if i misspelled that) i’ve taken notice to that very much so…last year … there was such a ridiculous amount of hurricaine activity during the summer…this year…i just recently heard talks of what i think is the first tropical storm we’ve had this entire summer! This same applies to tornadoe activity in the Midwest. Yes, there obviously has been activity, but again, not like last year. No wildfires out in California…(though a good thing, a lot of times those are a result of severe weather patterns).
i have no clue what kinds of affects El Nino will have on us…i’ve never seen such strange weather activity/patterns before. Perhaps this is the calm before the storm? (no pun intended)
i don’t necessarily believe in global warming, per se, but i do believe there is certiainly something going on that’s causing this abnormal weather.
I live in California and we had a dry winter mostly dry spring and hot hot summer. Wish we could get some of your rain!!
hey,
i’m an overseas militery brat.
my family and i were sent here in england in the summer of ’07 because of my dad’s job in the US AIR FORCE.
when we moved here, the summer was alright,
i mean for england. so was last year, not as much rain as there usually is in this god forssaken place
but this summer, its been pouring and storming like no other. even worse than during winter.
last year, at the end of april it snowed etremely hard here..
so yeah, i have no clue whats going on, but it is annoying. im trying to enjoy my summer, dammit(:
I agree too, i live in Connecticut and this summer has been terrible. It has been on the cooler side and has been so rainy. Summer is supposed to be the best season of the year, what happened?
i live near Chicago and its been cold and rainy here too. i don’t think its as bad as New York but it has only been sunny for a couple of days these passed weeks. i don’t mind the cloudy-ness and rain but most people around here like it to be around 85 degrees and sunny, not 70 degrees and cloudy/rainy.
Yeah. It’s called rain. It happens. Get over it.
In California right now it feels like the desert of Arizona and Vegas. Last year at this time I don’t remember it being this hot. I happen to love rain though, so I wouldn’t mind being in New York.
I live in northern Maryland and we’ve actually had a pretty dry summer so far. It didn’t rain for almost 2 weeks and the temperature has been unusually mild and comfortable.
Also, has anyone noticed the inactivity of the Atlantic hurricane season? We’ve only had one Tropical Depression back in late May and by this time last year we had already used up hurricane names up to the letter “D”.
I live in North Carolina and we could use some rain. We usually have very dry summers.
Glorious summer here in Santa Fe, NM. Not too hot, not too cold, not to wet nor too dry. One of the best summers in years. New Yorkers need to come down for a visit.
I understand what you mean. Here in mid May we had a devastating flood, so much more rain than we have had in this area for a long time; and right now we are experiencing low temps in the upper forties and low fifities. Its weird! I have also heard there are countries and states here in the US that have never seen the northern lights that are now experiencing this phenomena.
Its the same way here in arizona raining every day so far this week and last week with lots of lightning
I am from louisiana & this has been one of the driest summers i’ve ever experienced here.
I live here in Cincinnati,OH and it’s been dry, actually.
I think it’s rained only 4 times here this month.
in maine it has been raining everyday…almost
I totally agree. We have a carnival going on this week and it’s basically rained every other day here. Only time we got to go and enjoy the good food and bands was on Wednesday. I hope August brings us better weather.
I’ve heard a few scientist talking about low solar activity and how if it keeps up we may be heading for what’s known as a little ice age. The Global warming talk is nonsense, it’s just an excuse to add more control and laws to our society.
Throughout history (Well as long as they’ve been studying the sun) it has been noticed that during times of low activity the overall temperatures have been much lower. There is also more precipitation.
Seeing as this weather pattern has been occurring for several years now I suspect there is something to it.
In Upstate New York not only has it been raining non-stop, but it’s been cold too
So much for summer’s brief reprieve from the terrible winters. I know I read or heard somewhere that we are “due” for another mini-ice age in the great pattern of global climate changes. I think it happens every 10,000 years or so and now it’s been about 10,000 years since the Earth last had an ice age. Of course, we are also due for an eruption from the supervolcano under Yellowstone Park (every 600,000 years or so). And then with “global warming” and “el nino,” who knows that the weather is doing!
I live in Minnesota, and we’ve been getting record tempertures for cold weather. We were down to the sixties and fifties, and that’s extremelly odd for July.
You guy’s are lucky. Here in Texas, we’re in one of the worst droughts in recorded history(at least here in Austin). The lakes are down, and the plants are dying. It’s only rained about 3 times this summer, and those were very minuscule showers.
Harrisburg PA area here…and yeah same thing. I just got stuck at the grocery store for 15 min waiting for it to slow down and still ended up soaked. I love the heat and the sunshine. I am so sad I am not getting that this summer. O well I’ll just hope for a mild winter
O and did you take that pic? It is amazing.
You might as well have been talking about England with the way the rain is continuing. Third july in a row here now going cool and wet with barely anything over 80 degrees all year. Poooooo.
We’re going through such a drought in East Texas that I wish it would rain all summer. It’s hot and terrible, with no rain to cool us off. Yesterday it sprinkled, today it clouded up and thundered, but that’s about it. Send some of that rain down here!
Yay!
This gets me SUPER EXCITED because I LOVE rain : D.
I hope it keeps raining all summer.
: ).
Yeah, I live in Minnesota and it has been unusually dry and cool. Also, there have been no tornados here this year.
I live in Texas, and this has been one of our hottest year, everyday is over 100 degrees, and we haven’t had any rain all month!!!
I live in North Dakota, a place where we’ve had semi-drought for the past 14+ years. I live near Laka Sacagawea, and the lake is up 20+ feet, more than it has been in at least 20 years, possibly more than 30! Also, our winter was exceptionally wet, and substantial amounts of rain has fallen this spring and summer more than I can ever remember. We’re not even remotely near an ocean, yet it’s still affecting us…
I live in Philadelphia, PA and we have been getting a lot of rain here too. In fact, I’m thinking about building an ark like in “Evan Allmighty”…..lol.
Join the club! In North Dakota we hit 90 for the first and probably last time this year.
It’s the same in Vermont too! The weather has been driving me crazy this summer
It’s been the same here in Colorado. Strange…
you should thank god your getting rain because here in texas we are in a drought and all our creeks are drying up so if you could pray that some of that rain comes our way
Probably better for people than here in california, we havent had rain in forever. we’ve been in a drought.
Yeah I know what you mean! I live an hour and a half away from New York, and it has been so rainy here. There was a bit of sun today, but my swimming was ruined by rain ):
I live in Chicago, bad year to own a pool!!!!!
in australia its cold in winter but sunny, and in summer it gets so hot here there are often summer thunderstorms.
I am a former New Yorker. I lived both in the city and upstate. I am living in Nebraska now. Here in Lincoln we have had only two days in July in which the temperature topped ninety degrees. We also got a lot of much needed moisture. Strange summer.
I think its the adverse effect of El Nino. La Nina? Creates more rainfall in the Northern Hemisphere.
Well at least your not in Chicago where we have had the second coldest July in Illinois history and we have had a couple 62 degree days!
i completely agree with everyting you said. This summer had been kind of cold, and pretty rainy. Here in minnesota, its not near as warm as it was last summer!
Living here in the desert southest I can only dream of a cool summer. Here its the same old same old temperatures in the 90-100′s here in the So Cal Valley with a touch of humidity and thunderstorms for the desert areas.
Lucky for me I’ve been in North Carolina for most of July and the weather has been great.
Normally I live in Upstate New York and everyday I log on to facebook and see all my friends talking about the rain. It rained all last summer too. I don’t really mind it though but something has been wacky with the summers.
I live in WNY and I love how we’ve only used the central air about 2 times. Saves a lot of energy. I just hate all the rain!
yea! like here in ct we’ve had rain rain rain!!! also we’ve had so many severe thunderstorms and some really cold nights in the low 60′s. It’s strange but i’m not complaning. I’m not a fan of the heat
I live in Massachusetts and its been really rainy here too though tomorros supposed to be sorta nice.
Last night the rain was POURING, it wasn’t even individual rain drops, it was as if someone just poured a giant bucket of water from the sky. it was just like sheets of water.
We had to use a pump in our basement to keep our basement from flooding (again).
I like rain, that was just rediculous though.
Saw a bright object hanging in the sky for a few minutes the other day. Got panicky about alien invasion ’til I realized it was our long-sun. LOL
Haven’t had to water the garden yet here in New Hampshire. It’s been cold too.
Yes, here in NH, the same dreary, very cool, very wet weather has been the norm. Interestingly enough, with our past few frigid winters and cool summers, the global warming hysteria seems to have completely lost its media attention. I feel the earth is a to huge of a gigantic ecosystem which we limited knowledge humans are presumptuous in thinking we have the ability to correctly predict its trends or change the planet’s weather. People forget, global warming is unprovable “theory,” and fluctuations in temps over the years seem natural.
I live in Tennessee and it has done nothing but rain here all summer long. We are in the surplus for the first time that i can ever remember. No humidity this summer. It has been so unusual. I want the heat and the sun. I am missing it.
It’s been raining here too all summer and we got a terrible thunderstorm today…Person from Texas…we have a six flags in NY! lol
I moved from Chicago to Las Vegas 4 yrs ago and rain is one of the things i really really miss. It hardly ever rains here and the the snowstorm last year (WHAT A JOKE)!! lasted all of 3 days. The heat feels like your cooking in an oven. I really miss the spring and summer in Chicago when everything is in bloom (big sigh). BTW, the pic of the NY skyline is Beautiful!!
I live in Australia, it’s meant to be Winter here but its been sunny days for two weeks. Its really weird.
The summers in upstate NY are resembling Pacific Northwest summers by virtue of their raininess. I’ve noticed the reptiles are doing well; frogs, toads, turtles and snakes are getting numerous here and therein is the silver lining. These critters are my favorites!
I did hear that global warming would cause large areas of the northern US to become like the Pacific NW. And now an el nino is coming? Well it seems the prediction is holding true for the NE US.
Actually, it is said to have been under average for the rainfall. most of the days have been cloudy or rained for just a few seconds then started again, so it seems like it has been raining forever, but we are still under average for mount of rainfall.
i live in wyoming it rained so much here in june my grass grew four feet tall in on month
too muck rain!!!!!!!!!! get it to stop
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Yes, it’s a cool rainy summer, here in NJ. Somewhat disappointing, not hot enough to warm our pool or the ocean and too many mosquitos when it’s not raining but boy how green everything is! I have barely had to water my garden and the grass is not brown and burned for a change. I wouldn’t want it this way every Summer but it’s nice for a change this year.
This weather in Western New York is like September, not July. Did I sleep a couple of monts too late and not change the calendar, or did it lie to me? This is not summer!!!
I also live in New York and have been very disappointed with the weather this far. It’s been cold and rainy. I want to spend a day outside without having to wear a sweater! A few weeks ago I was in Florida and it rained and thunderstormed every single day I was there. I’d also like to know what’s going on with these crazy weather patterns!
I watch the jets spray something in the sky. Suppose to clean the pollution from the air so the satilites can take clear photos. I think the weather is being controlled from this. Eventually, we breathe it. Most people I know have more health problems mainly the lungs.
The men love the women
The women love the men
Sometimes it rains.
Ugh. Global warming made all the temperatures like go North. The tropics region has moved north because of Global Warming. Northern California has been 5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer the past 2 decades. That might not sound a lot but that is a lot for the weather because we need some rain here. =(
I wish I was in the US!! I live in Australia and we are currently in the middle of winter and we have hardly had any rain. As for summer, well we get no rain what so ever!!! Plus in summer the temperature is often over 40C (104F) and its awful!!!
I would love to live somewhere with weather like many of you are experiencing!! But it certainly sounds like your summer weather is seriously messed up!
I live in Connecticut and the same has been happening here. It’s starting to get a little freaky if you ask me.
I live in West Texas and we just got the most rain we have gotten in over 700 days. sadly enough that was only 1.43″. But it is looking up as ALL of next week we have over a 40% chance of rain.
I live in San Francisco and have some friends in Washington State. I heard a weather report from where they live and this weekend and the upcoming week is supposed to reach the 90′s. I’ve noticed a tiny influx of the weather lately up there… but its never been anything to worry about.
If the weather is changing, it will be to an extreme on both sides of the spectrum (hot and cold).
I was watching the history channel’s episode of that’s impossible I think it was called wheather war’s you should look at it. It was very interesting to me. I’m sure they have it available online.
That’s Global Warming!!!
The government doesn’t believe in that!
It has also been nonstop rain in Rhode Island!
I live in WI, and we have had very little rain this summer. It July and we should have weather in the 80′s or 90′s. Instead for the past couple of weeks its has not budged over 80. Its crazy
I live in Hamilton County, NY: The Start of the Adirondacks. It’s really aggravating me, because I moved here from a more southern place in NY with less mountains, and all I’ve been thinking about since last winter when I moved was going out and hiking. I was going to hike Mount Marcy but it rained. I was planning on camping but it said it was going to rain. And we’ve barely had one HOT July day yet.
I live in CT. Same here rain, rain,and more rain.
Got 3 1/2 inches Thurs.(7-23) night alone.
Supossed to rain again tonight. 7- 25.
Here in NH – it’s like april! Rain almost every day. No beach weather. Hopefully though this will mean for a mild winter
Its been hot is Seattle ~ not much rain this summer! I am not complaining!!!
I’m in Massachusetts and it’s been depressingly horrible here. Our basement has flooded 3 times (we live near a pond); the roof leaks, my flowers are rotting and my tomato plants are over 5 feet tall from reaching for a non-existent sun. If it doesn’t improve soon, I’m gonna jump off the roof.
I am in Indiana, and here it has been VERY strange. If you have ever visited, you would know the weather changes all the time here, but lately it has been drastic. Last year in June, we had 10 inches of rain in 2 days which led to severe flooding and power outages, even in hospitals. But this year, there is very little rain, if any at all, in most parts of the state. To me, it is an indication of cooler temperatures of the equatorial belt, which would lead to less rain in the jet stream… I am a little worried… I think the lack of sun spots is beginning to mean something ominous.
in massachusetts it’s the same way .
in massachusetts , all we get is constant rain . i blame global warming too or as my 7th grade science teacher called it “climate change” .
We’ve had a drought since Mid may. And I live in Washington state. Only one day of measurable rain n that time, so I guess the east coast got our rain. We had a record setting snow fall this winter. The dry spell is also records setting.
I feel like I”m back in SoCal again. Supposed to be 90 all week. I’m trying to get away from that kind of weather.
Global warming is a misnomer. What it really refers to is massive climate change due to pollution and other man made activities.
ENOUGH WITH THE FREAKING RAIN ALREADY!
I live in the Lower East Side, and I’m taking classes in Forrest Hills 2 days a week since May, and it’s NOT rained maybe 4 times out of 24 class days. I’d like to not have to bring an umbrella with me every single freaking time I go out the damn door!
to me it is way different. my mood lightens up with the first drop of rain falling, any time.
i wish if it will rain right now..
it usually rains in the summer here in Sudan, but it hasn’t rained much this year.
i wish if it will rain more
The weather is strange here too. Nights have been cool. Maybe the problem isn’t global warming but mankinds manipulation of the weather. Today on the history channel That’s Impossible is airing Weather Warfare at 3:00 pm central time. I will be watching it.
I live in Canada and it is the same here
It’s obviously global warming. There. Is. No. Other. Possible. Choice.
I live in Michigan and its been so horrible!! We usually have all these beautiful warm sunny days but its been cloudy and rainy
Its another rainy weekend in upstate New York!
We’ll take the rain! We’re in an exceptional drought in central Texas with a record number of over 100
degree days. Come on El Nino, the grass is crunchy!
what can i say,but this certainly is the weirest weather ive seen,a month ago,this cockyed thunderstorm passed by giving us people in westchester county assorted sized hail,heavy rains and straight lined winds of 80 mph.causing a lot of damage,this kind of weather you only see in tornado alley.i tthink someone is trying to tell us something from the heavens.
I hate it when it rain in baltimore
We’re having an unusually rainy summer here in Lansing, Michigan also. As an avid cyclist, I’m rather disappointed. I was in Chicago for a week and it was rather rainy there, too. The good thing, though, is that it hasn’t been really hot this summer. Good sleeping weather at night.
Well global warming isn’t real, so it must be El Nino. There are many natural cycles, some of which they don’t even know about.
I left back to england on the day it started raining ther
The rain has been persistent, but the way I see it its way better than the occasional droughts we get here in NY from time to time
I live in Tn and its freezing. Today is the first warm day we have had in almost 2 weeks. It has rained at some point almost everyday. I dont understand because just back in April it was way too hot.
I’m living in Ireland and it’s been raining NON STOP for the past few weeks. I can’t even enjoy the summer. While it’s very hot, it just won’t stop bloody raining.
Ugh. Stupid weather.
As I am sitting here reading this I can hear the distant rolls of thunder approaching. I’m in Buffalo, New York, and I feel like I haven’t been dry in at least a month.
What makes this weather phenomenon worse is that I am a lifeguard at an outdoor pool. I am trying to save up for my freshman year of college, but my shifts have been consistantly cancelled due to…RAIN!
Oh please sun, let your rays shine!
Wish you guys having all the rain would share your rain dance recipe with those in South Texas!! It’s so hot and dry I’m afraid we’re gonna burn up in one big explosive fire!!
WHERE I LIVE IN THE UK JULY IS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER AND WE ARE HAVING SOME BRIGHT SUNNY WEATHER. GREEN PLANTS ARE GROWING EVERYWHERE AND FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING. MY BUTTERFLY BUSH IS COVERED WITH BUTTERFLIES. PEOPLE ARE ON THE BEACH GETTING SUNTANNED AND CHILDREN ARE MAKING SAND CASTLES AND SOME ARE ON THE MERRY-GO-ROUND AND SOME ARE EATING ICE CREAM AND DRINKING LEMONADE.
MAYBE THE WEATHER CAME OVER FROM SPAIN BUT SOMETIMES IT’S A LITTLE TOO WARM AND I LIKE TO SIT IN THE SHADE.
THANKS FOR THE BLOG.
YOURS TRULY H.
Here in Kentucky it’s been about the mildest summer ever. It rains the occasional rain shower, but the weather has been very mild. Not as hot as usual.
I was just thinking the same thing! Here in Chicago it’s been cloudy and rainy a lot. We haven’t had one FULL sunny day, it eventually turns cloudy..
Consider yourself lucky. We’ve been in a drought for two years!
Missouri here, wet and COLD this summer.
I live in south-west England and nothing has happened except for rain, rain, rain!! I think that today is the only day that we have even caught a glimpse of sun!!
i live in southern louisiana, and its always been hot here, but this summer it has been hotter than it ever has before and i keep telling my family that its not just “getting hotter”. Something is happening.
im in new jersey, near new york and it has been raining so much!! ive thought about it a lot as well. im usually at the beach atleast a few times a week in the summer usually and ive only been down a few times, thanks to the crummy weather =/
It’s been a rainy and cloudly summer here in Ohio to.
This summer has just been horrible , the water in Lake Erie and neighborhood pools has just been so cold.But that just might be me, i’ve been sick 4 the past 2 months and the slightest touch of water can make me freeze, at least i’m pretty sure this is because i’ve been sick, it never was like this before.Anyway i just found it intresting to read about what the weather is like places around the USA.I wish the weather would get better, i like rain but not all the time.
Ireland’s been the same =[
I think it’s about time other parts of the USA get rain ,but for us Seattle Washington’s it’s nice and sunny
July in Chicago is usually unbearably hot and humid. This summer has been unbelievable! It’s been more like football weather! Wearing jackets on the 4th of July? It’s crazy! What is going on?! I feel sorry for anyone who got a pool this year!
It’s been mainly dry here in Cincinnati this July but the temperatures have been not as warm. This past week and into this weekend, we are starting to see more rain.
It’s looking to be the coolest July on record.
I was watching the Weather Channel a couple weeks ago, and a meteorologist says the jet stream, which controls all weather patterns, is “stuck”, and will be for some time. It’s why it rained everyday here on the East Coast (specifically, DC in my case), and why we’ve had unseasonably pleasant temps in July, but hellish temps in the Midwest, South, and Southwest. They brought this up because an El Nino is forming in the Pacific, and when fully formed, it will break the jet stream out of the holding pattern it currently has us in. It happened in 1998. Living in Dallas was hell that summer.
Hey, I feel for you. Rain and thunder, and glum days in general are awful when it should be sunny.
But you should send some up to BC. We have so many large forest fires raging right now due to dry, hot weather that firefighters are being shipped in by the hundreds from outside the province to help fight them. So stop being water-greedy and cough it up
But you’re right, the weather these days is odd. Shorter, wetter winters with less snow…above average heat here, above average thunderstorms there. Makes you wonder…
I can totally relate. I live in CT and the weather sucks! What happened to summer?! Looking at the report it’s supposed to thunderstorm for the next week..and probably beyond! I feel like nature has deprived me of sunny relaxing days, instead I have to hear the booms of thunder all the time. I can’t wait for this crappy weather to end!
Same in Maine. Something like the wettest June ever recorded? Ah well. Apparently there is a front stuck over the gulf of Maine that is ruining New England’s weather. And just rain everywhere. Ugh.
your picture is really cool!!!
i live in new jersey and it rains alot too. i cant believe how similar new york and new jersey weather is. i actually dont mind all the rain as long as it keeps things cool. we lost our power one night from a thunder storm
Did you know that the climate changes? Yup. From year to year from century to century things do not stay the same.
Oh.. one thing does.. politicians who say the sky is falling are looking to grab more power.
Climate Change politics is about politics, not science.
Al Gore is a profiteer.
Man Made Global warming will fade within 5 years.
Climatology is a baby science folks. It has a LONG way to go before we should gamble our childrens life savings on it.
Send some rain here to Texas! Like it would help much though; when it’s hot here the rain in the summer makes it humid. But still, would be nice for a nightly thunderstorm right about now.
Omg I live in Like Niagra Falls / Buffalo Ny omg way too much rain its totally bumming me out
hello, it has been raining all summer in vermont too.
I am a guy born and brought up in Dubai. For the past 15 years i have been seeing the climate shifts. Yes, Climate is Shifting. During my high school days, Summer used to be in July and August, when the temperature rose up to 51 and 52 degrees. And the winter started by mid October and lasted till January. In recent years, i really felt the shift in climate when the summer heat lasts till October, and last year it was there till November. And the winter started in December, lasted till mid April. I dont know exzctly the reason for Climate shift, but i know its happening!!
I live in Buffalo, and basically the whole month of July has been rainy. I figured it was just good ol’ Buffalo weather, but I guess it’s not just this area that’s having all these rainy days.
Good to know, but it doesn’t bring the sun out any sooner.
I wish it was raining in Texas!!!
Gosh!! I wish It was raining in California! Its been really hot and I LOVE the rain… Plus being in a Drought (sp?), We NEED the rain.
yeah here in colorado it’s been nothing but rain. everyone is complaining that it doesn’t even feel like summer, and even though the heat has come it still feels like summer hasn’t hit yet. or at least it was a waste of one
awwwwwwwwww….i’d wish it’d rain more often here. i live in sac. but it hasnt been raining as much as it used 2…i love the rain..the sound, the smell. just not walkin home in it wen i forget my umbrella
Rain is good. It won’t destroy, except ruin your perfect sunny day. In fact we all need rain, also other countries with drought need rain, in which all they get is sun.
They would pray to have this kind of weather. Rain is good. If you are not grateful for this weather hopefully other countries can have rain. London has rain all the time and I am sure many places in Europe and it is soooooo beautiful there, and I do not hear them complain.
Rain? Send some down south please! We are suffering drought conditions and extreme heat. During the month of June, temps broke historical record highs several days running. Nearly the entire month of June, we had temps in the mid to upper 90s, and several days were over 100. We broke a few historical records with some 105 degree days…in June! It has never been so hot for so long, so early in the year, in my lifetime.
July hasn’t been much better. Temps were ONLY in the mid-90s yesterday.
The government is controlling the weather patterns…disturbing and changing the ionosphere and the stratosphere with electrical currents. Its just that no one wants to really talk about what’s going on here,…come on, NO named storms in 2009????
It’s been so dry here in South Australia, two men were found fighting over water in a bird bath. The person who put the water in the bird bath has been jaild for five years.
In Europe there’s been an unusual amount of stormy weather.
Stop complaining about the rain…Here in Australia we hardly get any rain…Care to ship a few tanks of water over? Haha.
Same thing in Colorado. It’s so crazy. I think it has something to do with things entirely different from “global warming” which I don’t believe they have solid proof of yet, and it wouldn’t be happening this fast all of a sudden anyway. But something is definitely up with all the crazy weather changes, AND the weird arctic ONLY clouds that have been appearing in other places or whatever.
Oh gosh. here in Minnesota we get freaking hot summers (100+ degrees) but this summer has been rainy and 60 degrees everyday. no exaggeration. it makes it difficult to swim in the beautiful lake behind my house. its 300 ft deep so it doesn’t get very warm in the first place. I think global warming is a load of BS.
Also there havent been like any bad thunderstorms at all. its weird
I’m in Canada on the Ontario/Minnesota border. It has been an insane summer here as well, so much rain. I am originally from the Niagara area so I did expect some difference in the weather but this is ridiculous. It has been very cloudy and rainy, sometimes it is cloudy and rainy everyday for like 2 weeks!!!! I was wondering what was going on? I figured it was just the climate here, until I noticed friends and family in Niagara on Facebook complaining of the grey skies and rain. It is very strange, but Mother Nature has been around much longer than we have, so we should assume she knows what she is doing.
I am in TN, and it too has rained here more than normal this summer AND
I am in TN, and it too has rained more than usual this summer AND been much cooler. We have a pool and for the past 2 weeks have not been able to enjoy it because it gets so cool at night that the water will not warm up. Now granted it will probably warm up and scorch us from here till October, lol, but for now has been a much cooler summer than normal around here.
Send me some of that rain.. I live in SaudiArabia and we have like 1/ 1 millionth of a fraction of rain maybe once a year in one day of January.. It might sprinkle for like 5 minutes then thats it for the year.. I want rain so bad..
that sucks i live in reno nevada, and its so hot and breezy!!! id give that up for rain anyday!!
I live in West Virginia, and we’ve only had a few rain-free days since May. It’s extremely frustrating. I hear it’s been really nice up in Washington and that surrounding area this summer, so the weather course must have temporarily changed, and we’re getting their weather.
Whatever the reason, it still sucks.
Yup that’s how it’s been here all summer in Pennsylvania too. I like summer better this way though.
i live in brooklyn and it’s been raining here a lot. it sucks. and then it gets really hot ugh…lol
I wish it would rain in Texas
We didn’t even have one tornado
Believe it or not, this has extended to Canada. I live in Ottawa, Canada and I swear we’ve had a few metres more rain than the past 3 years put together. I went to a tiny little brook, and it had turned into a TORRENT. There was a lake in the park, 2.5m deep.
It sure isn’t normal, and it’s getting on my nerves.
Check out woodpecker weather ,it mite give you a hint as what the heck is going on around the world.
I live in Maine.10 days of the the last sixty days plus have been sunny.I haven’t seen a spell during that time we had a sunny day that it still hadn’t had some precipitation in 24 hours.With a recession now in full swing 8.5% unemployment Maine is drowning.The farmers only have had luck with greens and peas.They have plowed the corn under ,and replanted it at the end of June to no avail.There will be no tomatoes or Pumpkins.The leaves on Oaks are turning orange already from lack of sunshine.Crops are not growing.People that work outdoors are suffering.Hay has been cut and is rotting in the fields.Tourism has been dead.The state is too broke to fix the roads that have more damage now do to the rain in combination with a terribly harsh winter,as the potholes are as deep as the ocean.This summer is the total recipe for an economic disaster.Yup,and If Al Gore wants to come to Maine and speak of Global warming he better whisper it very low,because we ain’t buying what that Turkey has been selling to the rest of the world!
The woodpecker says its going to be around for about 18 months or so. check out woodpecker weather on your scearch engines,Iam sure you will get a shock on whats going on in the worlds weather,it is being control ,it”s not mother nature.
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I live in K-Waterloo Ontario, this month the sun came out only twice and the rest of the days were cloudy rainy and wet. Lots ot thunders!
I should have added on my last post that despite all the rain we are getting in Lincoln Nebraska we are still suffering almost drought conditions due to the lack of snow last winter.
I live in michigan, and it has been very wet these past few days. I just moved from a town called frankfort, and the weather was remarkably wet there since summer started.
I have relatives in texas and they say it hasn’t rained in AGES. They cant hardly remember when it last rained in their area.
Not even just nyc all of ny state has been like this i was glad when i went on vacation i didnt have to see rain (even though it was in the forcast)
Awesome picture!!! I live in the area of Boston Massachusetts. Oh boy do I want to complain…but I can’t. My daughter 23 years old, has been in the Air Force since she was 17. She said “Mom think of us over here in Irag, it just might make you feel better.” So I do even though, well you all know what I’m getting at. Saves on my water bill when I wash my car in the rain lol. She doesn’t mind me talking about the government though! mmmmmmm Is Hitler comming back with all his polititions? Miss the barbaque smells though. Pam
I live in Central New York and it’s been cloudy and/or raining for the past 2 months. It’s insane. It doesn’t help that it’s humid either.
This is what we have done to Mother earth. Called Global warming. It is so hot here in Utah? In month of June we had so much rainfall, much than we ever had before. That was wonderful . Now its been stinchy hot and unbearable to go outside. Most days we run our AC units. I think we need to re-think our transportation system. Our out put on emission into our enviornment. Our useage of chemicals and other things that have harmed our earth of centuries. The other day there was a show on this subject on Discovery channel. It said there :”If the area of Antarctica and other places would melt down, there would be too much water. And many continents, could be just wipped off this earth by that over flow of water. Imagine that! So let’s stop hurting the earth! Lets be more kind to it.
Bushkill, PA (Poconos) here – even when the sun is out it’s been rainy at times here lately! Terrible summer – way too much rain!! Overall, I think our association of our community has something to do with it – can’t use the pools so they don’t have to pay the lifeguards or clean the pools! very depressing – summer is my favorite season and we’re being jipped – haven’t been to pool yet!
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I live in New Jersey and it seems like it has been raining almost non-stop since April.
Last summer I remember it was very lovely and hot, usually in the late 80s, 90s, and even in the low 100s sometimes, and this summer it barely reached the 80s at all! I went in my pool once so far this summer.
Ugh. And now I have to wait another 10 months til next summer, which will hopefully be nice, hot, and not rainy.
Hey, I live in Toronto and it’s been raining too here. Today the weather was crazy! Thunderstorms every hour and pouring rain every single time. Toronto’s summer isn’t exactly like the hot summers we used to get. This summer doesn’t even have the summer heat anymore! I really wish the weather would go back to the way it use to be.
yeah the weather has been really strange this summer.i live in michigan by the way,and we’ll have a few nice days,not as warm as it should be in late july.and then we’ll have rain for a few days.then cold,then more rain.its really weird
I live in the Midwest, Wisconsin to be exact. Just north of Milwaukee and we would give our eye teeth for some rain. Every day they call for ‘a chance’. When you ride a Harley, you never know if you should take the bike for a day trip. But we never get the rain!! We need it.
I live here up in Toronto, Canada, which shares the same weather patterns as NYC, I assume. We had an unusually clear, beautiful sunny spring, but for the past two weeks or so, we have rarely seen the sun once….The up side is that we havent had to water our plants once since spring. This is awful though.
I’M from Virginia and its been pretty stormy here to i personally like it!
it’s raining here at upstate new york almost everyday! hell I am not complaining, I don’t have to wear revealing clothes or sweat like a pig with dripping makeup. love love love cool summers, for all of you sun worshipper, go somewhere else, like south of the northeast- florida, arizona, california, texas. this has been the best summer weather wise, just luv it!!!
its the opposite here. we are way over heated (110). it almost never rains but that just makes it super humid and makes the heat feel worse when it does.
I know. New York is so unlucky D: However I do love the rain, but it;s that kill, hot, sunny temps that make it seem like a long summer. Which gets me motivated for school
however, I’m not ready to go back yet ^^;
ITS Not THAT BAD I KINDA LIKE IT
I feel the same way, but I live in Colorado.
I like in denver, colorado and the weathers been the same here. nothing but rain rain rain. it doesnt make any sense! thats never happened as long as ive been alive. we wouldnt have more than on day of rain the whole summer here and now its everyday. whats going on with the weather?
RAIN
ALL DAY
EVERYDAY
MASSACHUSETTS
Edited: i beg to differ, i live in ct yea june was very inconsistent especially in the middle but hey this is new england june is always up in the air but july has been great weather one of the best july’s i think…to me it’s going to be a later summer than usual, there is still August coming up and September. I think people are still stuck on what happened in june and forgot to just enjoy the weather. The rain will happen from time to time really people should stop whining because in reality they are probably the same people when the weather is nice out and do not take advantage of it. Today almost reached 90, but i guess people will complain its too hot now
The exact same thing has been happening in Wyoming. I wounder if Fall will be like Summer, and Winter will be like fall. Since Summer was like Spring and Spring was like Winter.
Assuming you live in the city, you should consider yourself lucky, with the exception of tonight, due to the power outages and falling trees, that you don’t live in upstate NY. I’m in the middle of the mountains and mt mother and I are convinced that it’s going to rain everyday until the end of time. I’m from up by Hunter Mountain/Zoom Flume [local tourist attractions, you probably have heard of at least one] and it has been rain, and clouds every freaking day, allllll day. It sucks. But I’m trying to also keep my chin up by saying to everyone that “You can’t have a rainbow without the rain”, but in the literal sense. lol.
Mr. Lagendorf is not kidding! I live in Connecticut and it seemed the whole month of June and into July it rained and this week ( end of July) it’s raining here again! My husband and I waited all winter long for the summer to come, but as soon as summer got here all it did was rain!! Horrible! We barely have a summer here in Connecticut and to have the summer come around and all it does is rain?! It’s maddening! We have only one solution to our problem: move to a state where the weather is warmer all the time. We’re tired of freezing our butts off in Connecticut and being indoors! ~
Here in Florida, it’s been an average summer, maybe a little dry. Wish we could take some of that rain and put it right over Wakulla County, FL.
Here in portland, oregon, we have 26 days straight of sunny days in July and average is 83 for this time of year and for this year, the average temperature is 87 and too many 90s and upcoming 100, 102, 103 starting tomorrow, we havent seen a cloud or rain and i fee like we are in arizona that have a jungle that are so dry and hot
It to has been raining most than usual here in Lima, Peru. I have been here 2 years and this winter has been different from last winter. It’s been drizzling a lot and last Monday it rained for 2-3 hours i was surprised. The weather here has been weird. The newspaper that day said that it hasn’t rained like that since the 70′s.
Luck you guys, i’m jealous of the cold right now!, i live in rome and trust me some days it’s really annoying wake up totally wet xD above all when there are 35 36°…at least when it’s cold you can take a cover for getting worm,,but when it’s hot it sucks and that’s all
By the way we have had some summer like yours here in italy. But i have to say each summer is a kinda of different one by one, well greeting from rome!
ciao
it’s el nino again, no big. means we’re looking at a mild winter in pacific northwest. mild and wet.
So sorry to hear you are having so much rain for the summer. I live in NC and the weather here has been fantastic, little humid, but nice for the evenings. The weather in my opinion has been changeing because of all the pollution coming from Mexico, they have no EPA standards, and American businesses have taken advantage of this in Mexico. Also, they have cut the tops off the Mountains in Kentucky for coal minning, which has helped to damage the environment.But, making others very wealthy$. If people don’t get their heads out of the sand and help mother earth, we will eventually be wearing gas mask when we go out side, from no CLEAN AIR!
From what I can tell, most places along the East Coast see more total rain in summer than any other season, but at the same time fewer total clouds.
It can’t stay wet forever. Probably you’ll end up with very hot weather in the fall instead this year. I remember watching the weather in November 2001 when they kept having 70s all the way up to NYC.
Here in Oregon we had a cloudy June but now it’s very hot and dry, and looking to stay the same way at least into September if not October.
beautiful photo!!
Sometimes the summers here in Alaska aren’t summers at all…they are pure rain. It really sucks…but fortunately it only happens every few years. August, however, is rain every single day. Until September when it finally snows.
not much rain here in wisconsin ,,,, but the weather was mostly overcast for this summer and the temps are way below the average! last week’s highs were all in the fifties and sixties!
global warming = climate change = more heat = more vapor = more rain.
It is a really weird summer in Hawaii too its been really overcast and raining and really hot (That’s really weird isn’t it raining and really hot)
here in the middle of England, in shakespeare county we have had the worst weather for 3 years running
last year most of stratford on avon was under water 
hopefully the same thing wont happen again…
floods and constant rain
this weather is so depressing
Well this hs been the best spring and summer in at least ten years. Starting getting sun inMarch April and May “usually rain” and June and July have been great. I love Elino
wow wtf weather is goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood! MAN STFU
Central Pennsylvania here, Rain almost every single day with little to no sun… its getting depressing..
i hope next summer isn’t a pisser like this one
Better be thankful for the rain while you’ve got it. In Texas it’s so dry that the lakes are showing the hood ornaments of stolen cars people dumped there years ago.
I live in Atlanta its been a little rain ,but its been sunny
We’re averaging one day of rain per month in Houston. I’ll happily trade one of your days of rain for our 96 degree, feels like 106, hot and humid days down here.
Pennsylvania has been, unfortunately, the same.
Mr. Lagendorf is not kidding! I live in Connecticut and it seemed the whole month of June and into July it rained and this week ( end of July) it’s raining here again! My husband and I waited all winter long for the summer to come, but as soon as summer got here all it did was rain!! Horrible! We barely have a summer here in Connecticut and to have the summer come around and all it does is rain?! It’s maddening! We have only one solution to our problem: move to a state where the weather is warmer all the time. We’re tired of freezing our butts off in Connecticut and being indoors! ~
What are you talking about?lol i live in ct and July has been producing beautiful weather..people complain for anything these days wow lol
We have had an amazing spring and mid-summer here in Maryland. Now I think payday is coming within the month of August through September. We have had rain but it didn’t rain 4th of July which it always does. Not much humidity until the south started pumping its ugly weather this way. So I can’t complain at all.
its been soooo dry in texas!!!! u r lucky!!! we went on vacation and our sprinkler system crashed on us b4 we left (and we didnt know) so we come back 18 days later and EVERYTHING was burnt. horrible. : (
Be thankful you’re getting rain! Some of us aren’t so lucky.
That’s the crazy thing about El Nino…I live in Washington (State) and we’ve had one of the hottest summers on record. This week is supposed to be mid 90s to around 100 degrees, which is so unusual for our area.
Michigan’s winter this year had the most snow I’ve ever seen. It was freezing until the beginning of April,, when it finally began to lighten up.
As for rain, we got a lot more in June and May then in July, all things considered July has been pretty high and dry. Which is too bad because I like summer thunderstorms.
The weather has been strange on the west coast too. San Francisco area has been not so hot. Kinda overcast and doesn’t feel like summer. I think the end is coming. The weather is the first sign. Next earthquakes.
Its raining in North Texas as well. Rain? Texas? Yeah…those two words don’t go together. Dry unbearable heat? Yes. Rain? Temps in the 70′s? Hmmm….
Don’t get me wrong I love it, I’m just wondering what’s going on!?
It has been raining here also where I am,it has rained for 2 days,on and off.
Its been very strange up here , in michigan. All we’ve had was rain. It at leasts rains or ‘sprinkles’ everyday. When last year i remember it always being very hot, and having the A/C turned on constintly, and this year i havnt touched it. :/
Ugh, I know! The weather in Jersey has been absolutely horrible this year. I was so happy to go on vacation and see sunlight! It is really bad this year, I have never seen it rain so much. I guess the only good thing is that it’s warm as opposed to if it was winter and cold, because then all this rain would be snow…and that would be ten times worse!
it has been the same here in missouri. allll it does is rain. it is so weird. its actually raining now ha.
I live in Philadelphia, PA and we have been getting a lot more rain than usual here. Plenty of severe thunder storms, too. A couple of weeks ago we even got a bit of hail! That was the strangest thing in my opinion. I feel you on the whole paranoid bit.
cry me a river…..cry me river….lol…..the july weather in ct has been near perfect, to the people in ct, new york area complaining, what are u complaining about?….maybe your life isnt that good to start off with to be honest, because it seems like you are complaining about something that isnt there
RAIN? WHAT RAIN?
Live ion the west coast. It doesn’t rain here. It is just sunny, hot, dry. Occasionally burns and jiggles. See you at the beach.
Here in Southern Illinois , we have been hit with one weather front then another with a gape of a day or two with no sign of stopping yet . It has been cooler than usual this time of year . Looks like a record breaking year .
Canada has it’s own shares of problems, towards the west (vancouver) and up north (Yukon) , (whitehorse) there has been a draught. In the North its been considered unusually hot and actually considered a real summer. When usually its way more cold. Towards the east here in Toronto, it’s been raing like crazy. It’s the new London weather here. People here call the weather as if having it’s “moodswings” One minute there’ll be light raing, the next hard, hard pouring rain that floods the streets, and soaks anything in its path for about houf an hour to an hour. And the next couple of hours the sun will be shining and the weather will feel sticky and humid. All in a day. Latly for the past month it’s been all rain and humidity here in toronto.
I’m from New Jersey, and I agree that this summer has been especially rainy. However, does anyone else think that over the past 5 years, the weather has become increasingly unpredictable all year?
Whatever the case, I’m just thankful that New Jersey only gets annoying weather, and nothing disastrous (except maybe flooding if you live particularly close to a body of water). Between that and the cultural and artistic resources of Philadelphia and NYC, it’s a great reason to stay in the area.