We’ve had an extraordinary amount of rain this year, especially lately. Our wooded streams are unusually wide and fast for this time of year. And, since the leaves have not come in yet¸ it’s easier to get good views of the surging streams through the trees. Here, you’ll see Patten Stream overrunning its banks and racing through the still-wintry-looking woods toward the falls at its mouth in Patten Bay.
As for the weather, during the past 12-month period, precipitation was above normal in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and West Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Most unusually, Maine is reported as having been the wettest of those states; we’re undergoing our 13th wettest April-March period on record – an amazing +7.81-inch anomaly. (Images taken in Surry, Maine, on April 14, 2023.)