It should come as no surprise that the abnormally dry conditions have expanded across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin following a very warm and dry stretch of weather. The latest drought monitor from the National Drought Mitigation Center shows the drier than normal conditions expanding from where they were just last week, to now covering the majority of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
This follows what has been an exceptionally dry May with only 0.47 inches of precipitation being recorded at the Rockford Airport. Month to date the May precipitation is 3.25 inches BELOW where it should be. And with only a few days left of the month our chances for precipitation look to remain very low! Month to date we are the driest on record, and this month will likely be the driest May on record since record keeping began in 1905.
The pattern may start to change after the first week, to week and a half of June as the blocking ridge that has been in place starts to break down. This may allow a few more storm systems to move through giving us at least a little better chance for some precipitation. Although, our warmth looks to be sticking around.
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