More drought improvement for Connecticut.
(WTNH) — The early-April rain storms are paying dividends as the drought continues to ease in Connecticut.
The improvement since last week is not huge, but the percentage of the state in a moderate drought is at its lowest point since last July.
As of Tuesday, April 11, 89% of the state is at least moderately dry, 57% is in a moderate drought, and now just 23% of Connecticut is in a severe drought.
At the start of this year, 100% of the state was in a moderate drought, and 83% was in a severe drought.
Precipitation totals are slightly above normal for 2017 in Windsor Locks and Bridgeport.
Computer model ensembles are predicting 1.5-2″ of rain in Connecticut in the next 14-16 days.
That is near normal during that time frame.
Most of Connecticut has received just 70-90% of the normal precipitation in the past three years.
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