In Northeast, Pa., the weather for June has been above average in temp. We went from highs in the 50's with above freezing during the night - right into - day time highs in the upper 80's - low 90's and muggy. Rain showers are often sudden, with heavy rain drops and flash flooding. Two days ago, a sudden rain storm produced dime size hail for about five minutes, turned into all rain for about another 20 minutes, then the Sun peeked through the clouds, raising the humidity while making the puddles appear like glass from the reflection of the rays.
Checking my small border garden, starter plants of cabbage, cauliflower and assorted zucchini look like moths had a field day, due to the hail bombardment. Broccoli stems are split and bent with the tomatoes & peppers not much better. I should have left everything in the nursery small containers and in my make shift cold frame with a Plexiglas top? Doesn't look like there will be much of a garden, this year?
A neighbor, down the street has 2 beautiful apple trees in his front yard. The apples have been developing nicely. Since the hail storm, the ground underneath the trees is littered with golf sized, perfectly formed apples. Breaks my heart, when I see something like that.
About two weeks ago, a neighbor across the street, spent part of the weekend, hanging and organizing 8 Petunia (assorted colors) hanging baskets on her front porch. After the hail storm, only thing left is the brown baskets.
It seems that there might be a new Finnish record of lightning strikes per day, over 40 000. Also over 25 000 people has been without electricity today and heavy storms have fell trees.
