Home | Weather Union Leader Correspondent Much of New Hampshire got a good soaking Thursday, but a long stretch of hot and mostly dry weather is expected to begin Friday that could exacerbate the moderate drought conditions already being seen in central and southern areas.
Residents whose wells dried up and farmers who struggled to grow their crops are hoping there’s no repeat of 2016 when the state experienced its worst drought since the 1960s.
“We don’t want to see a drought like 2016,” said Matt Scruton, who runs Ten Road Farm in Rochester and is president of the Strafford County Farm Bureau and second vice president of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau.
The heat is also expected to begin to build over the weekend and into next week with temperatures climbing to the low to mid-90s.
Brown said Sunday and Monday will be “brutal” and that the heat will likely last beyond the early part of next week.
For farmers, a continued dry spell is a concern, especially since many have fields that aren’t irrigated and they count on Mother Nature to cooperate.
Scruton said farmers are hopeful the weather will improve.
Christmas tree farms are also concerned.
“The trees rely on rain for growth or they’ll dry up.
Moore hopes Thursday’s rain will help.