Below, you’ll see our bird bath in the much-needed soaking rain that fell here yesterday. But it probably wasn’t nearly-enough.
We were classified in yesterday’s federal U.S. Drought Monitor as experiencing “moderate drought” along the Maine coast and “abnormally dry” in much of the rest of the state:
We’re not the only eastern state to be experiencing dryness problems. The Monitor reported yesterday that, “dryness has nearly depleted topsoil moisture, which was rated 91% very short to short in Maryland, along with 90% in Delaware, 84% in New Jersey, 78% in Massachusetts, and 70% in Maine.” You can find the drought/dryness status of your area on the U.S. Drought Monitor’s website.
(Photo taken in Brooklin, Maine, on September 26, 2024.)