As we enter early fall, the weather appears more summerlike with temps in the 90's this weekend and no rain in sight. Good news for September barbeques but not good news for your operational budget as late summer water costs will be greater than normal and significantly greater than 2013. The weather graph below shows that we have had 50% greater irrigation need since August 1^st compared to last year. This will get even worse as we go through the end of September as at this point last year we had several stretches of rain and  most irrigation was turned off by the 15^th as the end of September had record setting rain.This year is appearing quite the opposite as there is still no rain in even the longest range forecasts. The current wind increases water loss and keeps the watering need as high as a mid-summer day.