Is it going to rain again or is this 1976 mark 2??

[jerseycowsman]

As the title says!

 

[Will Blackburn]

2018 was drier than 1976 here!

 

[spin cycle]

2018 was ok til about enda may ...but please god not again

i'd rather have dry april and wetter summer meself

 

[alan6430]

I like that when ever we have a dry spell everyone brings up the 1976 line. It’s just a dry spell and it will rain in a minute don’t panic

(could be famous last words but I’m optimistic)

 

[Happy]

Who knows?
Of the past 5 years 2018 would be the only one at this stage where You wouldn’t find people asking that old question and it was the one that turned out to be it.

 

[Gong Farmer]

Everyone refers to 1976 as a dry year but all I can associate with it is the 'compensation' that followed in the autumn. Over-compensation, in fact.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Your weather is beginning to sound like what we get every year

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[Laggard]

1976 was mentioned here on Friday evening.

 

[serf]

Think 75 was dry or the backend was , so 76 had a dry start and why it turned out like it did , can't say we had a dry 2020 up 2021

 

[ARW]

You old timers make this thread on the annual dry period every year

 

[goodevans]

I was 10 in 1976 and can remember the brown grass,hard to think 10 yr olds now would be too bothered.wasnt it the prolonged heat that did the damage

 

[br jones]

hasnt dried up here yet ,give it a rest

 

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[Farmer Roy]

 

[snarling bee]

FFS its only April. Lets bump this thread in late June just before we start cutting wheat!!!

 

[Farmer Roy]

Sooo . . .

if it doesn’t rain for two weeks it’s a disaster & the worst drought ever

if it rains for a week it’s a disaster & floods & everyone wants to put in drains & get rid of the water









doesn’t sound like there is much resilience in the system . . .

 

[Kiwi Pete]

You desert farmers wouldn't know

leave it to the professionals

 

[7610 super q]

It won't be a 76. Rained up till mid June in 76. More like 1984, cold and dry early on, and I think it continued dry over most of the summer. Used all our irrigation water early on to keep frosts off soft fruit flowers which didn't leave any water for later on.......

Sooo . . .

if it doesn’t rain for two weeks it’s a disaster & the worst drought ever

if it rains for a week it’s a disaster & floods & everyone wants to put in drains & get rid of the water









doesn’t sound like there is much resilience in the system . . .

Yawn.

 

[Wombat]

You desert farmers wouldn't know

leave it to the professionals

The issue is for 6months of the year rain is a PIA