As far as seasonal notes... We had a very wet fall and winter. Middle spring it seemed as though it may finally dry out a bit. The ground never got too dry although we did water our garden a bit. In middle May we were hit with a week of full on summer heat. We had several weeks with temps above 30 C we had one week where temperatures were at 35 nearly every day. That is quite hot for May.. Now we are back to a more seasonable 30.
Although much of the center of the country has experienced significant flooding, we have avoided that so far. Although we have had nearly 10 cm of rain just in the last 4 days.