Consecutive bicycle work commute number 2163:

When I left work at 5 PM last night, Google said there was a 25% chance of rain. About a mile from home it started to sprinkle, but not enough to get me significantly wetter than I already was from the 90°F heat and high humidity.

About three minutes after I got inside the house the skies unleashed. It rained hard for a little more than an hour. Our rain gauge recorded 4.5" of rain during this downpour. Flash flooding alerts were being issued, and there were reports of water rescues being done in low-lying intersections where cars were stranded. I was very thankful that I got home right before all that happened. I was even more thankful that I didn't get any water in the basement. This morning I checked my sump holes and to my astonishment they were both dry. Crazy.

This morning the temp was down to 68°, but it was 98% humidity so it still felt gross. The high today is supposed to be around 90° again. Thankfully here in South Dakota we only usually get a week or two of really high humidity in the summer, so hopefully we're nearing the tail end of it. Our spring and early June was unseasonably cool, but then late June and July have more than made up for it with the extreme heat.

It's been an unusually wet summer, which is good for the drought. Despite all the rain we've been getting, I looked back in my spreadsheet and I haven't ridden the rain bike with fenders since June 3rd. Since that day I've only ridden my road bike. The rain has mostly occurred at night, or in the middle of the day when I'm working.