CLEVELAND, Ohio - You can call it “abnormally dry,” but most of northern Ohio is not in what is considered to be a drought.
The designation of “moderate drought” is reserved in the northern part of the state for a stretch roughly from Mansfield to Canton, and areas west of Sandusky, according to the last map released Thursday by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Nevertheless, Cleveland has gone 16 out of the last 18 days with no rain being recorded at the official weather station at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. There was 1.15 inches on Aug. 18 and 0.21 on Aug. 19.
“For our area in northern Ohio, it looks like just parts of the area in Cuyahoga County would be included in what is abnormally dry. Some of the surrounding counties have had a little more rain,” said Karen Clark, a meteorologist for the weather service in Cleveland.
Things could change this week.
“We do have a chance of rain tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday. Then later this week, heading into Friday, we have the remnants of tropical storm Laura heading up from the Ohio Valley.”
At mid-day Monday, the Cleveland forecast called for a 30% chance of rain later in the day, 50% on Tuesday, and 30% both Wednesday and Thursday.
But no rain at Hopkins doesn’t mean no rain in Greater Cleveland. For example, parts of the area, including Brecksville, did have some rain on Sunday.
A drought is defined “as a period of unusually persistent dry weather that persists long enough to cause serious problems such as crop damage and/or water supply shortages,” according to the weather service. “The severity of the drought depends upon the degree of moisture deficiency, the duration, and the size of the affected area.”
Drought is widespread in the western United States.National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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