Drought creeping back into Minnesota
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Our beautiful late summer surge is coming with a price. It's getting dry out there again.
A paltry .01" of rainfall has been recorded in the rain gauge at Twin Cities International Airport this month. That's already over and inch( -1.31") below average.
In Rochester and La Crosse there has been no rain this month. That marks the second longest streak that no rain has fallen in September. According to the Weather Channel, the longest stretch of days without rain in September for La Crosse is 16 days set back in 1893. For Rochester it's 18 days set in 1998.
This continues the trend of dryness and drought we have seen in much of the region for the past 15 months. Much of the area benefitted from heavy rainfall in August. We will need to get ample rainfall before the ground freezes up in late November to assure drough conditions do not persist into 2010.
Enjoy the nice week ahead, and hope for rain sometime in the next few weeks!
PH
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