Here you see one of our favorite ponds on Tuesday; it’s been losing water for more than a week due to very poor streamflows and lack of needed soaking rains. The remnant low pressure system of Hurricane Ian did not produce significant rain here.
Today’s U.S. Drought Monitor report shows Maine’s abnormal dryness and moderate drought areas worsened (expanded) slightly during the monitored week ending October 4:
Long-term dryness and low water levels dating back to last winter need massive amounts of rain to overcome, and we’re not getting it. (Photograph taken in Brooklin, Maine, on October 3, 2022.)