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By DENNIS WINGFIELD
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Weather which occurred during April and May reminds me of that saying, “The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.” May was the thrill of victory, following April’s agony of defeat.
Toward the end of April, many people in the county were engaged in conversations that spoke of wells possibly going dry and potential crop loss. The reason? In April, only 1.06 inches of rain fell. That isn’t much folks especially when you recall that April of 1983 produced 9.39 inches of rain followed by 5.17 inches in April of 1984. In addition, temperatures this April were considerably warmer (6.3 degrees per day) thap last April. Warm temperatures and little rain do find a way of offering concern.
We watched April and we waited. We waited and waited and waited. Skies were clear, temperatures were warm and rainfall was little. And finally April moved on. So much for April showers...that came only to the tune of 1.06 inches.
ENTER MAY. Dare we hope? Probably not, with May 1 hitting us with 83 degrees and another day without rain. And then it happened...on May 2nd and 3rd it rained. In fact those two days produced half as much rain (.58) as did the entire month of April. And although there was another 12 days of little rainfall, the merry month of May got its act together. On 13 of its 31 days, it rained. On May 31. in less
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