The rain finally came last Sunday, with 5.76", most of which fell in a 5 hour period Sunday afternoon and night as a strong, stationary thunderstorm parked itself over southern Chowan County.  More fell Monday morning, yielding a total of 6.1" for the week.  As usual, some parts of the region received much less.  The total for July is 6.39" which is .35" above the normal for all of July, and is the highest monthly total since July 2025.  Despite hot temperatures this week, the soil is still moist except in the driest parts of the yard.  High RH, low winds, and haze from the Canadian wildfire smoke limited evaporation.  Garden soil is still quite moist, as is exposed soil under tree canopy.  Road ditches flowed water for the first time in several months on Monday.  Grass is growing vigorously, trees and bushes look much better than earlier this summer.  Water was standing fields for 1-2 days after Sunday's rain. Cotton, early soybeans, and peanuts all look good, but late beans are still sparse.

With predicted rain for this coming week at 5-7+ inches, this month could be the first double digit precipitation month since at least June 2022 when this station went into operation.