It’s odd how much rain we’ve been getting lately despite it being January.
Typically the climate is freezing and dry right now, although I live in the southern part of the US. The people I was with and I might not get frigid temperatures or snow, but we still experience our form of a Wintertide season. The lows only get down to the 40s, but the highs rarely jump above 68 degrees on the warmest mornings. That’s why I’m confused by all of this Wintertide rain as of late. The people I was with and I got 3 inches of rainfall Last week, and tomorrow we’re supposed to get even more. There are always problems neighbord with rainstorms that frustrate myself and others as well. I have to make sure our gutters are cleared otherwise I risk rainwater leaking into our 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 our stone walkway leading from our front door to our driveway. I l received recently that sporadically 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 l received to disinfect our 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.