John. I have been in my new house almost exactly 2 years. the pond was complete a few months before the house. I haven't had enough rain here for anything during the warm months. I sodded my lawn and planted seed on fence lines and around the pond. My grass has really suffered. My pond was down 20 inches 3 weeks ago. i have been pumping water from a nearby stream and almost have it back full. I am in the process of doing something about an electric pump for the pond. I have been using a gas pump rigged to a 5 gallon bucket of fuel. My place is exactly like your, everyone around me gets plenty of rain.i have seen it rain like crazy less than a mile from my house several times in the last month and I not get a drop. My friend lives about 10 minutes from me and we have joked about him having a micro climate for 15 years. he always gets rain and people 3 blocks away won't get a drop. I think i have a micro climate, but opposite of his.
