Southern Kentucky Drought Update

The United States Drought Monitor released their weekly update today, and much of southern Kentucky remains in an area of moderate drought.

This area of moderate drought has expanded a bit and is covering 19.38% of Kentucky, which is a 4.9% increase from last week’s coverage. 44.64% of the state is considered at least abnormally dry. The expanded area of moderate drought should come as no surprise because no rain has fallen in Bowling Green since the last drought update.

The last time the Bowling Green airport saw any rain was a trace on July 27. Check out  radar-estimated rainfall totals for the past two weeks. This map tells the story well, as the area in a moderate drought has seen little rain while most of central and eastern Kentucky has seen 1-4″.

If you have much in the way of green grass left in your yard, I’m surprised. Most yards across the county are really starting to turn brown due to a lack of rain. Kentucky continues to have the worst topsoil east of the Mississippi River, and we now have the seventh driest topsoil in the continental U.S.

The good news is that rain chances over the next several days should help out our drought situation. You’ll even be able to use your windshield wipers for the first time in eleven days.

Check out the latest Bowling Green weather update to find out when these showers and thunderstorms will impact the area and how much rain we can expect. #bringontherain