Here you see an almost-full local pond yesterday, which illustrates a significant improvement in our dryness condition.
This local improvement is consistent with an overall improvement in the Northeast Weather Region generally, according to today’s U.S. Drought Monitor. Here’s today’s USDM map of Maine:
Most of the Northeast received an inch of rain or more for the monitored week ending September 27, with some regions experiencing more than two inches. This improved streamflows, ground water, soil moisture, and Standardized Precipitation Index values in the Region, according to the USDM. (Photograph taken in Brooklin, Maine, on September 28. 2022.)