Things are looking exponentially better on Minnesota’s drought maps these days.
Check out the comparison I pulled between Sept. 21 and Oct. 19 at the top of this post. You can see how drought has been erased from much of Minnesota in the past four weeks.
Here are some specific and telling drought statistics:
95 percent of Minnesota was in drought on Sept. 21
58 percent of Minnesota is in drought as of Oct. 19
26 percent of Minnesota was in extreme or exceptional drought on Sept. 21
1 percent of Minnesota is in extreme drought as of Oct. 19 (no exceptional drought)
5-10 inches of rain has fallen across much of eastern Minnesota in the past month
Abundant rainfall
Our wetter fall weather pattern over the past month has produced a series of prolific rain storms. Much of eastern Minnesota has picked up 5 to 10 inches of rainfall in the past 30 days.
Here’s the 30-day precipitation map from the Midwest Regional Climate Center:
The progress in easing drought in Minnesota before the winter freeze-up is critical. Soils are being recharged, and rivers, lakes, ponds, and aquifers are also getting fuller.
Source: mprnews.org
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