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[Jackrabbit]

Hey in my first year i was just wandering along getting everything set up when come summer my lakes and pools started to dry out. I thought this was a glitch but it is the spring of a new year and the still haven't refilled (save for the ones involved in my moat) is this a bug or will they refill eventually?

[Skizelo]

Nope! Unless you're on a freezing map, and the landscape gets covered in snow (which then melts for a full 7 of water), then it's dry forever.
Rainfall only annoys dwarves at the moment, though there's a good thread somewhere in suggestions forum about how to get it create water without it either looking weird or killing your computer.

[Jackrabbit]

what so these lakes which, by the way, must have existed for years, suddenly dry up when I get near? am I really that ugly?

[Eagle of Fire]

I've seen pools refill by themselves every year, but they must not be dry at the new year else they won't refill...

[Footkerchief]

what so these lakes which, by the way, must have existed for years, suddenly dry up when I get near? am I really that ugly?

I think it's because the game does temperature calculations more carefully in fortress mode.  They'll refill from rain in the next version, though.

[Derakon]

I've seen pools refill by themselves every year, but they must not be dry at the new year else they won't refill...

Any ice that melts will generate 7/7 of water, even if it was 1/7 when it froze. Thus, biomes that freeze over the winter can generate infinite amounts of water if you really want to bother.