Scattered rain showers crossed Illinois over the weekend bringing much needed precipitation to some areas while falling short in others.
State Climatologist Trent Ford tells Brownfield some areas of east central and southeastern Illinois got 2 inches or more, the Interstate 70 corridor got about an inch, and totals in the northern half of the state were less than half an inch.
As of Thursday, 97% of the state was considered abnormally dry with more than half in moderate drought. Ford says row crops are hanging on for now.
“But gosh, if we get through June and into July with less than an inch of rain in, in some of the places that have picked up less an inch of rain over the last 60 days, it’s going to be tough to not see some impacts start to take place.”
He says pasture regrowth has been poor and more consistent rains are needed to refill stock ponds.
Source: brownfieldagnews.com
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