It’s weird how much rain we’ve been getting lately despite it being February.
Typically the climate is cold and dry right now, even though I live in the southern part of the United States.
We might not get freezing temperatures or snow, but we still experience our form of a winter season. The lows only get down to the 40s, but the highs rarely jump above 70 degrees on the warmest days. That’s why I’m confused by all of this winter rain as of late. We got three inches of rainfall yesterday, and tomorrow we’re supposed to get even more. There are always problems associated with rainstorms that frustrate me as well. I have to make sure my gutters are cleared otherwise I risk rainwater leaking into my attic. On top of that, the rain storms produce a lot of mud. Sometimes this mud gets all over outside surfaces, especially when it splashes onto my stone walkway leading from my front door to my driveway. I learned recently that sometimes heavy rainfall pushes mud into the condensate lines for air conditioners. The small PVC pipe carries the waste water from your air conditioner from the air handler inside to the ground outdoors. The opening to the pipe is rarely more than a few inches above the ground. I have learned to clean my condensate line after heavy rain storms to clear away any mud that could have gotten into the opening outside. I don’t want the dirt building up and blocking the flow of water. That would risk a catastrophic flood inside the house.