The ongoing drought conditions that have been bad news for farmers and have brought groundwater to low levels have subsided slightly as the severe-to-extreme drought conditions that afflicted over a quarter of the state last week have been curbed to under 20% of Maine.
“We did see an improvement in the drought monitor this week,” National Weather Service hydrologist Tom Hawley told Maine Public. “We did have a fairly large area of extreme drought in southern Maine and that’s been pared back to include just a portion of York County now. If things continue we may be able to pare it back a little more next week.”
The U.S. Drought Monitor is reporting that nearly 70% of the state still is experiencing moderate drought conditions.
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