We are in need of a drink of water! After an abnormally dry May, the early stages of drought across Northeast Ohio have started to show up on the weekly drought monitor.
Northeast Ohio is in need of a drink! It was a very dry month across NE Ohio during May 2023. Cleveland ended the month 1.24 inches below average for precipitation. You can see in the image below that there are a lot more brown boxes vs green boxes. In fact, there are only six days in the entire month that picked up more than 0.01'' of rain. When looking at precipitation values for the entire year, there is still a surplus of 0.
The weekly update to the United States Drought Monitor was issued on Thursday, and there are noticeable changes across our viewing area over the just the last week. Compare the map released for the week of May 23 compared to this week below. Note how the yellow area expanded considerably across the mid-west and Ohio over the last week. On May 23, only 2% of the entire Buckeye State was experiencing abnormally dry conditions.
Below is the outlook for the month of June from the Climate Prediction Center that shows drought conditions are expected to continue to develop over the month of June in our region.
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