NOAA has placed Indiana in a drought for the first time since early April 2024. We made some big progress with rain this spring, but now we have dried out again.
After a very dry end to May and June, we are running a few inches below for rainfall across Indiana. Drought is returning to some Indiana counties.INDIANA, USA — We started 2024 in a pretty bad drought. We got out of it, and now it is coming back.has officially placed parts of Indiana under a drought once again. It's the lowest level of drought, but we'll see as it evolves.
June is supposed to be our wettest month of the year. This year, it's been almost our driest with only 1-2 inches for the month. On average, we get roughly 5 inches this month.This bottom number will change as one more storm system hits us for the last weekend of June, but overall it was dry.States to the west of us — like Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota — have picked up a lot of water recently. Some areas in the upper Midwest are experiencing flooding. But not in Indiana. We are dry.
Parts of the state have done better than others. Northern Indiana has picked up a little bit more rain this month, but many towns are also running drier for June.In central and southern Indiana, there have been a few locations that have picked up a little more rain, but there are many towns that have less than an inch for the entire month.Blue-green algae blooms appear on ponds and lakesThere are two main areas of drought to watch .
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