Rain Update – 2016: Drought; This Year: Not Even Close.
In 2016, According to Dr. John Christy, “It’s been the driest period for weather-reporting stations in north Alabama dating back, in some cases, to the 1890s.” ( Courtesy: AL.com) The dry period started in the spring where April and May were truly parched.
If we expand it out and compare it to this year, it’s not even close!
Over fifteen inches from the April to June this year.
Everything in the Tennessee Valley is green!
2016 Through June: 22.70″ 2017 Through June: 28.69″ Right now the forecast looks good for more afternoon and early evening storms across the Tennessee Valley.
We have highs in the middle to upper 80s opposed to the unforgiving 90s through the first week of July.
The hottest part of the summer in the Tennessee Valley is late July into early August.
We have a long way to go before the wet season arrives in November and December.
Only a sliver of west Alabama has dry conditions.