Yesterday’s U.S. Drought Monitor reported for the first time in a long time that Maine finally was free of any abnormally dry or drought conditions. That’s what the federal government’s latest meteorological and hydrological measurements showed, as of November 1, 2022:
As you see from the above tabulation, only one year prior (November 2, 2021), the Monitor reported that 27.58 percent of Maine’s land area was abnormally dry, 11.82 percent was experiencing moderate drought, and 6.56 percent was experiencing severe drought.
Above and below, you see recent images of a brimming marsh pond and a burbling woods stream that I monitor several times a week.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on November 1 [pond] and 3 [stream], 2022.)