Too Much Liquid Sunshine!

[CarlD]

ARGH!

I'm really hating all this rain. Normally we are swimming by early May. This year we were in 3 weekends ago--the only time the water was warm enough and it wasn't raining.

Day after day it rains and my water stays in the low 70's. My solar panels cannot do the job having one twice gotten the water to 78 since we were last in (when it was 80).

I keep adding chlorine to make up for what's been diluted by all this rain.

Now it's the middle of June and usually by this time we are swimming all the time.

[Watermom]

We are in the same boat. It rains almost every day! Today is the first day in a while that it did not, although they are saying maybe some showers tonight. Today was the first day I got in my pool. June 14!!! It finally hit 80 and I got in late this afternoon to vacuum. Of course, an hour and a half later, my husband comes out to tell me thunderstorms are heading our way and did I want help putting the solar cover back on the pool. Unbelievable! Like Carl, by this time I have normally been swimming most every day for 3 or 4 weeks. Crazy weather!!!

[shadowman]

Here on the left coast we are in a similar situation. Not much rain but too many clouds and temperatures below 75. Our water was up to temp in late May but hasn't been all June. At least the water has looked good;)

[CarlD]

The rainy season continues...the ONLY positive is I don't have to refill my pool periodically--it's ALWAYS full!

[rhosk]

Had to chime in...

Here it is, first day of summer and we've had 1 (one) swim day this year and at that time the water temp was a scorching 69*. I installed solar panels this year and haven't had a chance yet to see how they work. I'm fairly certain that we've had about a dozen or so days of sun since May 1. And maybe 5 of those was full day sun.

It's never ending... now they're forecasting a Nor'easter for the next few days. Highs near 60.

Unbelievable!

[CarlD]

WE ARE FINALLY SWIMMING AGAIN!

Last week the water FINALLY reached just about 80 AND it wasn't raining so we could swim for the first time since mid-May. And again yesterday--and hopefully today!

The water was actually 81 deg this morning and it's (mostly) sunny. I may even do a few laps!

[Watermom]

We're swimming, too! The water temp has been between 85-89 degrees and wonderful sunny days. Gotta love that!! :) My oldest son is having friends over this afternoon for a BBQ and pool party.

[aylad]

geez, we'd LOVE some rain!! Air temps in the low 100s now for two weeks, in the mid80's at night, and it hasn't rained in at least 3 weeks, with none predicted for at least another week!! Water temp in the pool is 97 degrees in the late mornings, and we're running the slide anytime the kids are in it to keep it from feeling like a hot tub. I've had a pool full of kids ALL week, am looking forward to some of them going home this evening when my parents come over for a late Mother's/Father's Day barbecue!!

Doin' the rain dance........

Janet

[CarlD]

Wow! Water was 86 today and it didn't even sprinkle. We've had rain, rain, and more rain for months--it has been the worst Spring I remember in a long time--since the equally weird "Big Eddy" of ...2002(?).

Be careful what you wish for Jan! BTW, if you have solar panels you should run them all night to cool the pool--from dusk until the sun hits them. They work just as well in reverse, you know.

[aylad]

I don't have solar panels (in Lousiana?? who needs them??? :) ) but I am running the pump at night to help cool it as much as I can.

Water went out last night and was still off until noonish today, and is only on now with a low pressure, muddy stream with lots of air spitting in the lines. We're told that the wells that supply my community's water system are about empty due to the long weeks without rain and the massive amount of gas well drilling that's going on around us, and that the water supply is in real jeopardy if we don't get some rain soon. Fortunately the pasture across the street where my horses are is supplied by a well, and we have a water cooler in the house with a pretty well stocked water bottle supply, but don't know exactly how I'm gonna keep my pool level up so the pump can keep running--I'm losing 1-2 inches daily to evaporation.

Janet