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Will it ever rain again in Central Texas? We have hit a 100 degrees everyday for over week. What will it take to get rain over our area? I am ready for cooler and wetter weather!!

This is what we have been putting up with for 2 months. We did get some much needed rain the other day.

Rain was all around my area today. Really nice downpour t-storm about 2 miles to the north. Saw lots of lightning and heard lots of thunder. But, nothing here though.

I would gladly share some of our rain with y'all if I could. We went from an awful drought in spring to rain just about every day in the summer, and several flooding events. It's a shame there can't be some balance here and we both get some, instead of us now living in a swamp and y'all suffering from a drought.

Unlike what I read about the rest of South East Texas, so far for the last 3 months I have had good rains just when I need them. Unlike the last 2 summers that I have been here, my yard looks great!

TexasSam wrote: my yard looks great!

I cut mine on Friday for the 1st time in 3 weeks. It's a little depressing cutting dead grass and seeing the cracks in the ground. We only allowed to water once a week and I take advantage of it by watering at 4 different times that day. But, with 100+ temps beating down on it 7 days a week, and no help from rain, the yard is just gonna suffer. We're seeing just how drought tolerant Bermuda grass is advertised to be this summer.

Once again yesterday, Allen TX was under the bubble. Frisco got rain, Plano got rain, McKinney got rain. Here in Allen we got 5 whole minutes. It did not even register in my rain gauge. Sooner or later this has got to change, right? What do you all think about the talk of a weak El Nino forming? That would be a good thing for us, right? I hope this pattern breaks soon. We are going on two years of drought right now.

gboudx wrote:

TexasSam wrote: my yard looks great!

I cut mine on Friday for the 1st time in 3 weeks. It's a little depressing cutting dead grass and seeing the cracks in the ground. We only allowed to water once a week and I take advantage of it by watering at 4 different times that day. But, with 100+ temps beating down on it 7 days a week, and no help from rain, the yard is just gonna suffer. We're seeing just how drought tolerant Bermuda grass is advertised to be this summer.

Once a week is all you need for your grass. Your grass only needs 1" per week. Also, don't water during the day...most of that water evaporates into the atmosphere. Make sure you water around the foundation of your house too. The drought can help cause foundation failure and you don't want that expense.

I havn't had any decent rain for a while up here in Spring, TX! I wish we could get a few soaking T-storms sometime soon.

CajunMama wrote:

gboudx wrote:

TexasSam wrote: my yard looks great!

I cut mine on Friday for the 1st time in 3 weeks. It's a little depressing cutting dead grass and seeing the cracks in the ground. We only allowed to water once a week and I take advantage of it by watering at 4 different times that day. But, with 100+ temps beating down on it 7 days a week, and no help from rain, the yard is just gonna suffer. We're seeing just how drought tolerant Bermuda grass is advertised to be this summer.

Once a week is all you need for your grass. Your grass only needs 1" per week. Also, don't water during the day...most of that water evaporates into the atmosphere. Make sure you water around the foundation of your house too. The drought can help cause foundation failure and you don't want that expense.

Once a week is just too little. We've got 100+ heat beating down on it everyday. That heat dries up the ground quickly. We're not allowed to water between 10am-6pm, but we are allowed to water the foundations. So, we use soaker hoses twice a week. But this does nothing for my crepe myrtles and trees which are showing stress.

gboudx wrote:

CajunMama wrote:

gboudx wrote:

TexasSam wrote: my yard looks great!

I cut mine on Friday for the 1st time in 3 weeks. It's a little depressing cutting dead grass and seeing the cracks in the ground. We only allowed to water once a week and I take advantage of it by watering at 4 different times that day. But, with 100+ temps beating down on it 7 days a week, and no help from rain, the yard is just gonna suffer. We're seeing just how drought tolerant Bermuda grass is advertised to be this summer.

Once a week is all you need for your grass. Your grass only needs 1" per week. Also, don't water during the day...most of that water evaporates into the atmosphere. Make sure you water around the foundation of your house too. The drought can help cause foundation failure and you don't want that expense.

Once a week is just too little. We've got 100+ heat beating down on it everyday. That heat dries up the ground quickly. We're not allowed to water between 10am-6pm, but we are allowed to water the foundations. So, we use soaker hoses twice a week. But this does nothing for my crepe myrtles and trees which are showing stress.

Yes, that is the biggest issue. It is not just the drought but it is the unrelenting heat this summer. My trees are beginning to get really stressed too. I water the foundation with soaker hoses, so I think I am ok there. I sure do hope we have some changes either in temps or with the rain.

gboudx wrote:

CajunMama wrote:

gboudx wrote:

TexasSam wrote: my yard looks great!

I cut mine on Friday for the 1st time in 3 weeks. It's a little depressing cutting dead grass and seeing the cracks in the ground. We only allowed to water once a week and I take advantage of it by watering at 4 different times that day. But, with 100+ temps beating down on it 7 days a week, and no help from rain, the yard is just gonna suffer. We're seeing just how drought tolerant Bermuda grass is advertised to be this summer.

Once a week is all you need for your grass. Your grass only needs 1" per week. Also, don't water during the day...most of that water evaporates into the atmosphere. Make sure you water around the foundation of your house too. The drought can help cause foundation failure and you don't want that expense.

Once a week is just too little. We've got 100+ heat beating down on it everyday. That heat dries up the ground quickly. We're not allowed to water between 10am-6pm, but we are allowed to water the foundations. So, we use soaker hoses twice a week. But this does nothing for my crepe myrtles and trees which are showing stress.

Actually she is correct. The hotter the temps the more the water will evaporate.


Your best bet is to leave your sprinkler on all night. It actually takes 8 hours of you watering your grass to accomplish anything.

I do not water mine though, I just let it turn brown. My shrubs, trees, flower beds and potted plants get watered regularly, if we do not get rain for a period of time.

Our grass is crunchy - the weeds seem happy tho. We haven't mowed in 2+ weeks and really all we need to do now is drag out the weed eater for the edges.

We haven't watered yet except to test the sprinklers. If we don't get rain this weekend I might start watering the trees and garden. We don't water our foundation - we have sandy soil on top of limestone. We don't have the problems I've seen in Dallas and Houston with foundations cracking.

Some of the grass in Irving is getting crunchy as well.

Shoshana wrote:We don't have the problems I've seen in Dallas and Houston with foundations cracking.

The former Super Saver store has had a history of foundation problems when it was still Albertsons. I've been seeing cracks on the front of the building for years, and now, the building is a slight upside down arch in the middle.. Cementing the cracks only made it worse.

Yeah, we used to live in Plano. My mom's condo building in Dallas, my boss's house in Dallas and my aunt's house in DeSoto all have or had foundation problems.

My boss said that every house on his street has had to have the foundation jacked up.

My uncle's house in Houston had problems too...

My sister has a soaker hose, so far so good.