No improvement to drought conditions in the Miami Valley despite recent rain – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio

MIAMI VALLEY — The Miami Valley is into week two of a moderate drought. Almost the entire Miami Valley is experiencing drought conditions again this week. Across the state about 38 percent of the population is in what is considered to be a moderate drought by the US Drought Monitor.

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Despite seeing some rain over the weekend and through Halloween, it still wasn’t enough to help to improve the Miami Valley’s drought conditions.

The US Drought Monitor released October 31, a Monthly Outlook which forecasts that the drought conditions will “persist” through the month of November.

According to the monitor, this is the largest portion of the United States to be an a D0 (abnormally dry) or D1+ (drought) since 2000.

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