Current Conditions
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5/5/25
What We're Noticing: We missed a week for Current Conditions! Typical busy Spring rush kept us away from the keyboard. Lawns are waking up [...]
4/21/25
What We're Noticing: A very unique Spring. It feels like normal but it's actually been going on for like 2 months! We had [...]
4/15/25
What We're Noticing: Yet another very mild winter. There was a decent frost line this year though which should hopefully help control the [...]
10/22/24
What We're Noticing: This is going to be the final conditions post It is recording breakingly dry. We're in level two drought We haven't [...]
9/30/24
What We're Noticing: We did it! 😭 The HOTTEST and DRIEST September ever recorded. With just 25% of the rain of the next [...]
9/23/24
What We're Noticing: Everything is a duplicate of last week but worse. DUST AND RUST Check out how different we are from average [...]
9/17/24
What We're Noticing: DUST AND RUST! - finally something worth writing about this summer It's been dry! The last significant rain we had was [...]
8/6/24
What we're noticing: The story is rain 🌧️🌧️🌧️ From the rain we got yesterday; the airport is ad DOUBLE the rainfall we had [...]
7/29/24
What we're noticing: It's sticky! The temperature forecast is for the "hottest week yet this year" and the rains that have either not [...]
7/23/24
What we're seeing: Grass is relatively uneventful. We finally had some hot weather and the shady grasses, specifically fine fescue, have declined with the [...]
7/18/24
What we're noticing: Well it got hot like they forecast 7/14/24: Today we hit 90° at MSP Airport for the first time this [...]
7/9/24 The Heat Is On
What we're noticing: The diseases we've been seeing all this wet year are still very active It's been cool and very wet and [...]
6/17/24 Fungus Among Us
What we're seeing: We're all going to be seeing lawn disease (fungus) if we haven't been seeing it already. What causes lawn disease? [...]
6/11/24
What we're noticing: We've still had plenty of rain and mild temperatures. Lawns are doing well except for some non-damaging disease cases (talked [...]
6/3/24
What we're noticing: As far as lawns go; easy street (this is my lame excuse for not updating the blog as regularly as [...]
5/22/24
What we're noticing: We're doing well on rain. Just last night our service area received 1-2"+ of rain. We're very normal as [...]
5/14/24
What we're noticing: Generally; it's a normal Spring. We've had normal Spring the last three years though where I've called "normal" and then... [...]
5/4/24
What we're noticing: 🌧 Wet! - What started as a very dry spring (driest winter ever recorded) has turned quickly into mud season. [...]
9/27/23
What we're noticing: The BAD - Before we got the rain our area was completely engulfed in "Extreme Drought" which is a status [...]
9/15/23
What we're noticing: It's Fall y'all Seems like the rust disease disappeared overnight like we said it would 4 days ago 😜. Cooler temps [...]
9/11/23
What we're noticing: The "urgent" issue is the Rust Disease! It was so prominent last week with the heat! Orange dust everywhere. I've [...]
9/5/23
What we're noticing: We tied the high temperature record yesterday 9/4/23 at 98* which was set in 1873... It's been hot! It's very [...]
8/27/23
What we're noticing: It's Dry! and Hot! We've been about three weeks without any significant precipitation. There isn't much promise in the forecast. [...]
8/22/23
What we're noticing: This week is HOT! Heat Tracking THIS IS A HOT WEATHER CONDITION AND NOT CHEMICAL This happens when [...]
8/13/23
What we're noticing: The whole story this week is the rain. We've gotten a normal amount and tonight more is forecast. Friday evening: [...]
8/6/23
What we're noticing:We got a little rain! not much! Nothing that changes anything that have presented in the last months... I waited to end [...]
7/30/23
What we're noticing: We got roughly the same amount of rain in 36 hours last week as we got in the previous two [...]
7/21/23
What WE ALL WILL BE noticing: Next week is brutal Heat Heat Tacking THIS IS A HOT WEATHER CONDITION AND NOT [...]
7/17/23
What we're noticing: RECORD SETTING dry conditions (see below for how dry) Hot weather weeds which we normally see taking advantage of stressed [...]
7/9/23
What we're noticing: We got a little bit of rain over the 4th but we're still very far from what we need. [...]
6/30/23
What we're noticing: We just experienced the 2nd Driest AND 3rd Hottest June on record; over the last 152 years back to 1871. [...]
6/25/23
What we're noticing: Lawns were very dry but we got some rain and a week of "cool" (Normal) temperatures coming up. NWS Link [...]
6-18-23
What we're noticing: Wildly hot and dry! We've had no significant precipitation for a month and are 5.5" below normal. That abundance we [...]
6/11/23
What we're noticing: DRY! We're in level 2 drought status! How funny that we just got out of drought status in March: Blog [...]
6/4/23
What we're noticing: It's hot and dry! This is causing: Heat/drought stress and Disease Exactly what we warned could happen 9 days ago is [...]
5/26/23 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
What We're Noticing: It's dry! And about to get HOT. Lawns are dry 😮. See below. What we're doing: Wrapping up [...]
5/20/23
What we're noticing: Not much! This is the easy time of year. Grass likes growing What we're doing: Finishing up the [...]
5/14/23
What we're noticing: We got some good rain but are a bit behind the calendar and behind average for the lawns. This is [...]
5/7/23
What we're noticing: The buds and the leaves all happened Thursday/Friday! What we mostly notice is the dandelions (on non-ProLawns lawns) have all [...]
4/29/23
What we're noticing: A unique Spring. Fake Spring with highs near the 90s shot a jolt into the lawns but we've been below [...]
Drought Free!
Hennepin County, just this week, is completely out of being in a drought status! We've been in some form of drought since Mid-June [...]
10/13/22
What we're noticing: Dry conditions. The drought status of Hennepin County reached "Extreme" prior to yesterday's rain. That rain was good; mare than [...]
10/3/22
What we're noticing: Record setting dry conditions; This September (2022) was the driest September ever recorded for the Twin Cities (Source: National Weather [...]
9/25/22
What we're noticing: No significant change from previous weeks. Drought conditions have expanded in Hennepin County but lawns are looking deceptively good. The [...]
9/19/22
What we're noticing: It is very dry. We have not had significant rain or anything close to average for weeks. We're still in [...]
9/11/22
What we're noticing: We got a bit of rain on Friday which is welcome but still well below a weekly average for this [...]
9/5/22
What we're noticing: Seems the rain taps have shut off after my over-confidant post about not needing these updates. Most of our service [...]
8/30/22
What we're noticing: Perfect weather - cooler temperatures and regular rain have been the norm for a few weeks. This is perfect to [...]
8/23/22
What we're noticing: We've had plenty more regular rain and cooler temperatures that the lawns have responded great to. In addition to the [...]
8/16/22
What we're noticing: Normal weather! Our temperatures have been right about average for a couple weeks and we actually got above average rainfall [...]
8/9/22
What we're noticing: A bit of bad with the good; the rain over the weekend was great but prior to that, the drought [...]
8/1/22
What we're noticing: Pretty much the same as last week. Despite a couple showers, our service area is still in level 2 and [...]
7/26/22
What we're noticing: ahhhhh - mild weather this week; much less intense heat than was forecast Some disease from the hot overnight temperatures [...]
7/18/22 SPECIAL
Here's where the mowing and watering practices you've been following will be exhibit their results; good and bad. We're about to enter a [...]
7/11/22
Source: https://www.weather.gov/mpx/weatherstory What we're noticing: Our conditions are very dry and are about to go into a very warm [...]
7/5/22
What we're noticing: We got some shots of rain over the holiday weekend but not much to significantly improve lawn conditions. Between 0.25 [...]
6/27/22
What we're noticing: We got some rain! Significant rain for some of our service area (1"+) and pretty insignificant in other parts of our [...]
6/20/22
What we're noticing: We've had plenty of heat and the lawns were starting show show a bit of stress We had a bit [...]
6/13/22
What we're noticing: No surprise here. We're noticing the heat. We're also noticing the humidity which is already spurring on some disease. The [...]
6/10/22 SPECIAL
DO NOT MOW YOUR LAWN SHORT THIS WEEKEND IF AT ALL That's the main point to take away. If you take nothing else [...]
6/7/22
What we're noticing: Lawns are in pretty good shape which common in the Spring time We've had a very cool and slowww Spring [...]
5/6/22
From flirting with record lows two weeks ago to flirting with record highs this week. What a MN spring… [...]
1/4/2022
1/4/2022 What we're noticing: Happy New Year! An extremely high and volatile product/material market for the lawn care industry The MN DNR posted the [...]
1/4/2022
What we're noticing: Happy New Year! An extremely high and volatile product/material market for the lawn care industry The MN DNR posted the top [...]
10/19/2020
10/19/2020 What we're noticing: That's all folks! Last post for 2020. We got some good rain a week ago and 3"-5" of snow is [...]
10/18/2021
10/18/2021 What we're noticing: That's a wrap for 2021! We're done. Woof! We're ending the warmest summer in our recorded history (149 years) with [...]
10/18/2021
What we're noticing: That's a wrap for 2021! We're done. Woof! We're ending the warmest summer in our recorded history (149 years) with an [...]
10/11/2021
10/11/2021 What we're noticing: The season is about done; The climate and weather conditions have become much less dramatic. We've had a few regular [...]
10/11/2021
What we're noticing: The season is about done; The climate and weather conditions have become much less dramatic. We've had a few regular rains [...]
10/4/2021
10/4/2021 What we're noticing: It's been two weeks since an update. Sorry about that! It is for two reasons: The climate and weather conditions [...]
9/20/2021
9/20/2021 What we're noticing: We didn't update this last week; We've been very busy getting in our aeration and overseeding jobs to help lawns [...]
9/6/2021
9/6/2021 What we're noticing: Brutal... We saw it in the lawns already but it became official with the metrological end of summer: 2021 was [...]
8/30/2021
8/30/2021 What we're noticing: We got A LOT of rain over the weekend! The forecasts for a wet end of August were correct We're [...]
8/23/2021
8/23/2021 What we're noticing: We got a little rain on Friday (with a broad range of amounts within ProLawns' service area) and even though [...]
8/18/2021
8/18/2021 What we're noticing: Stressed lawns due to heat and drought. August has not gotten off to a good start. All of Hennepin count [...]
8/10/2021
8/10/2021 What we're noticing: We got some rain over the weekend. The East side of the Twin Cities go a tremendous amount but only [...]
7/26/2021
7/26/2021 What we're noticing: We had some rain! An average amount over a normal week in some of ProLawns' service area. Way less than [...]
7/19/2021
7/19/2021 What we're noticing: The Good We got rain on Wednesday 7/14/21! A lot of it - one official measure in Plymouth was 3.64 [...]
7/11/2021
7/11/2021 What we're noticing: We had a mild week temperature-wise! We even had a bit of rain! Lawns have started their path to recovery. [...]
7/6/2021
7/6/2021 What we're noticing: It's continued to be significantly hotter and dryer than normal. June 2021 was the 2nd hottest June every recorded in [...]
6/28/2021
6/28/2021 What we're noticing: We had another weekend with some relieving rain BUT it's STILL not the "drought buster". Most of our service area [...]
6/21/2021
6/21/2021 What we're noticing: We got a good rain yesterday BUT it's far from a "drought buster". Some spots in our service area received [...]
6/17/2021
6/17/2021 LONG POST: SPECIAL WEATHER BULLITEN Contents of this one "Current Conditions" post: What is happening, weather-wise? What does that mean for your lawn? [...]
6/7/2021
6/7/2021 What we're noticing: HOT HOT HOT! and Dry. Our lawns will start to become stressed. Lawns may go dormant this week until we [...]
6/1/2021
6/1/2021 What we're noticing: We had a nice, mild, normal late-Spring week last week What we're doing: Our Spring applications which are complete liquid [...]
5/24/2021
5/24/2021 What we're noticing: Yay! We got the much-needed rain; up over two inches in some of ProLawns' service areas. The ground was so [...]
5/17/2021
5/17/2021 What we're noticing: Drought Stressed Turf: This is the third week in a row that we're talking about dry conditions and we've seen [...]
5/10/2021
5/10/2021 What we're noticing: Yup; still dry. Our last precipitation was April 28th. We should have had and inch and a quarter of rain [...]
5/3/2021
5/3/2021 What we're noticing: We're dry again!? :( Elevated fire risk on May 1st? What's up with that, April? Where were your showers? Cool [...]
10/12/2020
10/12/2020 What we're noticing: We got some much needed rain the evening of 10/11/2020! Hooray! It was plenty to quench our turf and water [...]
10/4/2020
10/4/2020 What we're noticing: Cool and dry conditions have rapidly accelerated our Fall. The leaves are changing color and dropping 2-3 weeks earlier than [...]
9/28/2020
9/28/2020 What we're noticing: * Similar report as last week * We had some warm temperatures last week but without rain or irrigation, above [...]
9/21/2020
9/21/2020 What we're noticing: Back to some unseasonably warm weather; great to help grass seed germinate. We are incredibly dry. We haven't had a [...]
9/10/2020
9/10/2020 What we're noticing: Whoa! Cold! Lawns are much less stressed than they were throughout the first half of the summer. They are also [...]
Current Conditions 8/26/2020
8/26/2020 What we're noticing: Irrigated lawns and areas that receive 30%+ shade are looking great! This turf is using our fertilizer and they are [...]