Massachusetts
Most of western Massachusetts now experiencing ‘severe’ drought
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – We missed a chance for substantial rainfall yesterday as a uncommon, August Nor’easter handed off shore, which introduced drought busting rains to central and northern New England.
Most of us in western Massachusets picked up lower than .1″ of rain and now, there isn’t a rain within the forecast into subsequent week and after one other week with little or no rainfall, the drought worsens throughout western Massachusetts.
In keeping with the newest U.S. Drought monitor, which comes out each Thursday morning, western Massachusetts went from a ‘reasonable’ drought to a ‘extreme’ drought.
The realm has been in some type of drought since late Might. We’re 5 to eight inches under common year-to-date. We would want a few good soakings to catch up and be out of a drought.
- D0: Abnormally Dry
- D1: Reasonable Drought
- D2: Extreme Drought
- D3: Excessive Drought
- D4: Distinctive Drought
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