Update on drought in parts of Indiana

After the very hot & dry July we had, drought conditions developed in Indiana. While we have had some rain in August, the drought still continued to get worse. The rainfall throughout the last week has really helped out! The grass in southern Indiana has greened back up, thanks to an inch of rain over the past week. More rain fell across parts of the state yesterday as well. We FINALLY got a good soaking rain at our house north of Martinsville yesterday, along with some storms yesterday evening across southern Indiana.

Here is a table of rainfall at different reporting sites across Indiana, and the departure from normal (from the NWS). Notice how Lafayette was the lucky spot, actually over 2" above normal:

Location	Rainfall June 1 - September 7	Departure from Normal	Same Period for  2010
Indianapolis	7.36"	-5.15"	13.14"
Lafayette	14.99"	+2.69"	16.86"
Muncie	10.04"	-2.64"	15.35"
Terre Haute	8.02"	-5.37"	17.52"
Bloomington	10.58"	-2.63"	12.06"

Here is the drought status as of now:


Here is the current soil moisture (4inch depth) across the midwest:


The 8-14 day outlook is showing normal to somewhat below normal rainfall:


Here is the drought outlook over the next three months:


Just like last year, drought conditions will improve as we get farther into the fall. The poor drought-striken areas of Oklahoma & Texas will see little to no improvement!

I know this has been one boring post, & I apologize! :) Thanks for reading!