We have received the equivalent of 87 inches of rain at Illahe Lodge since New Year’s Eve.
Category Archives: Current Weather and River Conditions in Illahe
Updates for 2017
One of the changes for 2017 is the addition of a weather station at Illahe Lodge so we are able to track the amount of rain, high and low temperatures, wind direction and speed, and humidity. We had quite a bit of rain in January, although it didn’t seem like it was anything out of the ordinary.
We have been busy pruning apple trees and that project is almost done. (We just have one of the old trees left to prune.) Most of the eight gravenstein trees that we planted in 2015 each produced a few sample apples in 2016 and we will be letting them produce more apples in 2017. We planted a Hudson’s Golden Gem, Dorsett Golden, two Coos River Beautys, two Wintersteins, a Spitzenburg, and a Mendocino Cox in 2016 and they will be allowed to have a few sample apples this year.
We will be planting a different strain of gravenstein, a Brown Russet, and a Red Boskoop in a few weeks. If all goes as planned, we will be adding Orenco, Grimes Golden, Braeburn, Sierra Beauty, and Rome Beauty trees when the winter rains arrive this fall.
Current Conditions – July 4th, 2015
If you are coming to the Rogue River for the Fourth of July, be prepared for temperatures of over 100 (current forecast) and falling river levels (river level and forecast).
The Rogue River is noticeably lower than it was when these pictures were taken about 7:00 this morning.
Current Events – Spring and Summer 2015
We are providing meals and guest rooms to several groups who are floating the Rogue River, hiking the Rogue River Trail, and running the trail in the spring and summer.
When we don’t have guests staying with us overnight, my father and I often work in the garden or on projects around Illahe Lodge.
Yesterday afternoon, skies were mostly clear. Towards evening, the thunderheads started building. When I went down to the garden to turn off the sprinkler, it was raining and there was a double rainbow.
The rain has continued and it has been foggy today.
