No More Drought

The tide is rising in all our ponds after a long dry spell.   For the record, we've had 6.18" in October (5.47" in the past 10 days).  In September we had just .78".  In August we had 4.19".  The totals don't tell the story as we received 2.6" on August 1-2 but only 2.3" for the remainder of August and September which included several 7-12 day stretches with no rain.  Low water levels have been the topic of much discussion and debate, but it looks like we are heading in the right direction now.  Most of the ponds on the golf course get very little runoff, but those that do are now full.  Slow steady rains that broke the dry spell soaked into the soil and produced no runoff.  Heavier downpours recently have resulted in a lot of fill for the low lying ponds and main lake.  Yesterday was a big boost as we had over an inch in a hurry.  The ground was already saturated so almost all that rain found it's way into the lake.  

Flow under the bridge behind 2 green went directly into the big lake following a quick 1.33" Sunday, Oct. 27

This was the rain on September 26th.  It didn't register in the gauge.