Despite a disproportionately large number of wet, dank, and dismal spring days, our stream levels are low and their flows weak.
In fact, summer has begun in an officially “Abnormally Dry” condition for us here on Maine’s Down East coast and several other regions in the State, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor:
We’re supposed to have a rainy week; Let’s hope things improve before we get to the drought stage. (Photograph taken in Brooklin, Maine, on June 21, 2023.)