Below you’ll see the conditions of one of our ponds as of Tuesday. It and other local ponds are shrinking, and our smaller pond-feeder streams are dry or have a greatly-reduced flow.
Today’s official Drought Monitor reports that the recent hot and dry air in the Northeastern region of the U.S. has “led to growing precipitation deficits, reductions in streamflow, poor soil moisture, and water shortages in some areas” of the region.
As you see above, the Maine coast and more than half of the entire State continue to experience abnormally dry or moderate drought conditions. We can’t say that we weren’t warned. (Photograph taken in Brooklin, Maine, on July 26, 2022.)