Boston Globe: "Drought conditions worsen across New England, especially up north."

"Another week has passed with little to no rainfall across New England, expanding “extreme” drought to nearly a quarter of New Hampshire as the dry weather worsens conditions in Maine and Vermont. Nearly all of New England is either in some stage of drought or abnormally dry, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, increasing the risk for groundwater shortages and wildfires across the region — very reminiscent of last fall.

Boston Globe: "Drought conditions worsen
across New England, especially up north."

Despite one night of rainfall this week that totaled over an inch or two in parts of Southeastern Massachusetts and the Cape, New England will need more than just one significant rainstorm to pull us out of a nearly yearlong water deficit in those regions.

“We’re approaching the peak of last year’s rainfall deficit and groundwater storage levels,” said David Boutt, professor of hydrogeology at UMass Amherst. “Plus, this is the time of year when we’re naturally in a negative water balance from the combination of growing season and little to no precipitation.”

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