Yes, that's the problem. All the rain is coming at once.

The septic hasn't failed, I'm just concerned that it will. The constant rain keeps me up at night worrying about it.

There could be a crack, not sure. We had not issues with it for almost two years until last month.

Yes, we had a drought over the summer. And we've more than made up for it already if this 39" (before today) figure is accurate.

I love the snow, but I don't want that either because it's just going to melt in the spring on top of all the groundwater that's about to freeze and also be released in the spring.

Not especially often, I agree. But when it has been raining it's been severe rain.

Maybe I should just sell the damn house, not worth then stress.

I don't care about the pleasant weather, I care about not having a flooded basement or a failed septic system due to constant ground saturation.

1.75" more than average per month seems like a lot to me considering average annual rainfall in southern Maine is apparently 42". We also have another inch of rain forecast for the next week.

I'm only talking about the total rainfall. I don't give a damn if it's cloudy or not. But in October we had that huge rainstorm followed by another substantial rainstorm maybe a week later. So I'd be more interested to see then total rainfall for October and November combined compared with an average year.

I don't think that helps the leech field, but idk much about it. We do a have a big tank thankfully? Not sure if that makes a difference in this context.

It's just that when it's been raining, it's a ton of rain. I'll take a cloudy rainy day any time, but I'm starting to worry about my house and septic system with this kind of saturation.

Gonna need 5 months of drought to dry out at this rate

Tell that to FleekAdjacent

I've lived in New England all my life, I can't remember a time with this much rain for this long of a stretch. Maybe it's that I own a house now and I'm more cognizant of it, but I liked rain a lot as a kid and I always hoped for this kind of rain. Rarely got it.

Any clever solutions for a septic system in danger of failing due to the extremely saturated ground?

Yes, downpour is the key. Then ground doesn't have time to dry out if it downpours once or twice a week after a major storm where it downpours for more than 24 hours straight.

You're simply wrong

And water for basements