It's still hot here in KC but it's supposed to cool down slightly this week to more normal temps. Slight chance or much needed rain tonight and tomorrow.

I'd complain about our drought in northern Illinois, but it's so much better than the storms kicking off from Ida in the South -- and the fires in the West and Canada.

6 inches of rain in the last week. But cooler, sunny & breezy today. Very nice day for yardwork.

Rain just started here. I don't think it's the tropical storm yet, more like a system being pushed by it. I move many of my houseplants outside for the summer, and just finished bringing the more delicate ones back inside -- because the next few days are supposed to bring heavy rains from Ida.

It's pouring here and has been all day. And will be all day tomorrow too. It is expected to be 61 degrees one morning later this week and I cannot WAIT!!!!!

I've been fighting to get some grass out of my roses garden for weeks. It just won't come out!!! When the temps get down to tolerable, I'll be more willing to spend more time trying to fight it out. I hope this is the beginning of the cool down for the year and not some fluke because of the Ida rain.

90F today, 60F tonight...no rain in the forecast until Thursday. Partly cloudy all week. I've been hand watering everything.

Same area as chisue. We got a drop of rain here and there but not enough to even breed a mosquito. But at least the suffocating heat and humidity 90°, 90% of the last week or two broke a bit. I even felt a bit of cooling north breeze, as long as I was on the north side of whatever building I was at. Still, the drought here is taking its toll.

First outerband, two hours ago. It'll hit overnight. Should be ok. 5-6 inches now predicted. My heart goes out to areas that had double what we got.

I hope Ira doses us well because we need the rain. Hit or miss showers always miss us. Today my watch said severe storm warning but the sky looked normal. I saw a blip on radar and when we drove to the trail, a mile from the house I noticed puddles and thru the next town, and to the trail there must have been a big downpour. The trail was a muddy mess and I had to come home and water.

We're expecting 3-4" Wed into Thrs. But the upcoming weekend is looking nice!

Dry conditions continue here in the desert, and it was 106° yesterday, which is average, but it may only reach 99°, if we have some isolated thunderstorms. The good news is that it gets down to 76° by the early morning, although it is in the mid 80s by the time I get up. We've been spending a lot of time in the pool, which I love.

TV news says that it will be 102° with the possibility of some spectacular thunderstorms. That should be interesting, but this usually means only a sprinkle or two. They are warning of flash floods, in the case we would get an inch or two of rain in the valley. It doesn't take much to flood here, since we are in a basin.

1.2" of rain here last night from pop up storms but tomorrow Ida's remains will swing through with bands of potentially destructive winds and flooding rains. Overall the summer has been wet enough for the gardens but way too hot for me. I won't relax until we get past tomorrow, hopefully with just some more rain.

Still raining here. It poured right after my post yesterday and when I went to the store, had to drive through some standing water. When I drove back home, though, it had lightened up some. Wish I could send our rain to those in drought conditions and to the Lake Tahoe area.

Kathsgrdn, we will accept any precip you send this way. AQI is reentering hazardous and the smoke is preventing firefighting aircraft from flying.

No rain yet, lots of darkening clouds tho. I went out and finished the second boxwood bed. A little choppy in places, but it is what it is. lol I'll tweak it tomorrow.

Boy is it humid.

Been a steady rain here all day. I'm now hoping it will dry up enough for me to weed eat at the end of this week or the weekend.

Ida reached us about 2 today. It is suppose to rain several inches before it is over tomorrow eve. No big deal,, it isn't a heavy rain. , Long periods of rain is not uncommon. Now I have to decide if I stay in tomorrow and clean or go shopping. Maybe both. Clean in the morning and shop in the afternoon. Then stop at a restaurant to eat. dinner