We had May weather in April... many days in the 70-80's... flirted with 90 a couple days. Unheard of for a normal April..
On top of that not much rain at all... a few showers of .1 - .3 tenths... NOT RAIN... just a passing sprinkle really.
Our pastures are half what they should be, hayfields are 1-2 ft and should be 3+ ft tall and ready to cut. They are heading out with no quantity of grass.
Farmers are planting corn in the fields they normally do irrigation... and it will start within 2 weeks if this dry keeps up. There were even 2 that irrigated small grains that they chopped for haylage... NEVER seen that before.
Burn bans were sporadic here, but no one in their right mind was burning with all the wind we have had this year.
GA has had horrible fires, and Fl has some of the worst drought conditions ever.. they have gotten some rain in GA in the last few days to help, but thousands of acres and hundreds of homes destroyed.
This is serious and scary.
May temps are cooler than normal, upper 30's and low 40's nights when we should be warming... exact opposite from April...
Crazy.