Water levels in our ponds continue to be well below normal, although it may be difficult to see the problem from this image taken yesterday:
On the other hand, it’s easy to see that our small streams continue to suffer from abnormal dryness:
Today’s U.S. Drought Monitor shows a slight improvement in Maine’s dry conditions for the week ending September 13, but our conditions remain far worse than three months ago. The Monitor reports that 45.65 percent of the State remains abnormally dry or worse:
The Monitor also reports that average temperatures in the northeast climate region were above normal during the summer months, with August 2022 being the fourth warmest on record in our region. (Photographs taken in Brooklin, Maine, on September 14, 2022.)