Drought conditions have plagued our communities for months now with Moderate and Severe Drought emerging at the end of 2023. This week we have seen significant improvement in the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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Though we have seen improvement in recent weeks, dry conditions still cover almost our entire area. Communities in our northern and southern ends are in Moderate Drought with much of our area still considered Abnormally Dry by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Heavier rain is on the way, and we need it. With the rounds of wintry showers we've been tracking the last few days, you may not have seen thi…
As we wrap up 2023, we begin to look ahead at what weather will greet us in 2024. The Climate Prediction Center includes us in slightly wetter than normal conditions six to ten days from now.
It's Thursday which means the new U.S. Drought Monitor was released this morning, and there has been slight improvement in our area!
Temperatures just dropped pretty significantly after a cold front passed through our area, but the long-range forecast looks warm(er) and dry.
The U.S. Drought Monitor released their weekly update showing barely any change to drought conditions in our area.
October is usually one of our drier months in Kentuckiana, and this year is living up to that expectation. So far this month only 0.32" of rain have been measured at Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport where official records are kept.
The last few days across the Ohio Valley have brought rain, gloomy conditions, and a wide range of temperatures. We have desperately needed several days of good rain to help alleviate the ongoing drought conditions in our area.
The U.S. Drought Monitor update is published Thursday morning each week, and this will be another week of no update for our area. The first map below is last week's Drought Monitor