The latest drought monitor from the National Drought Mitigation Center shows an increase in abnormally dry conditions from last week to this week. Last week only 25 percent of the state was considered abnormally dry. This week that number rose to just under 81 percent. Drought conditions continue across the state of Wisconsin, with moderate and severe drought conditions found across the southwest and central/northern part of the state.
The warm and dry February has been a contributing factor to the development of the dry conditions, along with the overall lack of snowfall for the winter season.
For February, only 0.29 inches of precipitation was recorded. This is a deficit of 1.34 inches. For snowfall that deficit grows even further with just one inch of snow being recorded. This is a deficit of 7.5 inches.
For the entire winter season (December, January, February) precipitation added up to 5.7 inches, which is pretty much right where we should be for the season. But for snowfall, we ended 9.1 inches below average.
The weekend looks to stay dry and warm with temperatures rising back into the 60s and 70s with a gusty southerly wind. Rain chances do return early next week, with the possibility of a little more of a wet pattern developing during the beginning of March.
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