By SARAH WATSON |
After several weeks of a hot dry spring, the weather turned cooler and a little rainy. But that still isn’t enough to release South Jersey and the rest of the state from the grips of an ongoing short-term drought.
The National Drought Monitor’s most recent listing, released Thursday morning, still lists all of New Jersey as being in a moderate short-term drought. Areas as close as Delaware and Long Island, NY, are listed as being in a severe drought.
Since January 1, 10.02 inches of rain have fallen at Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township. That is 4.10 inches below normal for the year, according to the National Weather Service.
April started out as extremely dry, but enough rain fell for the month to statistically be .70 inches below normal, according to the weather service.
Fire danger had listed been extreme in the Pinelands, but as spring plant growth has increase, that danger has since subsided somewhat, with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service listing South Jersey as having moderate fire danger as of Monday.
After several weeks of a hot dry spring, the weather turned cooler and a little rainy. But that still isn’t enough to release South Jersey and the rest of the state from the grips of an ongoing short-term drought.
The National Drought Monitor’s most recent listing, released Thursday morning, still lists all of New Jersey as being in a moderate short-term drought. Areas as close as Delaware and Long Island, NY, are listed as being in a severe drought.
Since January 1, 10.02 inches of rain have fallen at Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township. That is 4.10 inches below normal for the year, according to the National Weather Service.
April started out as extremely dry, but enough rain fell for the month to statistically be .70 inches below normal, according to the weather service.
Fire danger had listed been extreme in the Pinelands, but as spring plant growth has increase, that danger has since subsided somewhat, with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service listing South Jersey as having moderate fire danger as of Monday.
