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Put away your umbrella and read this: The U.S. Drought Monitor shows Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky is now in a severe drought, a worse condition than the moderate drought of last week. Yes, the designation doesn't take into account recent rains that fell. The monitor is updated weekly and reflects conditions as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, before scattered thunderstorms dropped close to an inch of rain on us. Still, just because it's damp outside doesn't mean the ground isn't pretty dry underneath, said Jeremy Sites, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
"The rains that have been falling will help, but even if we get normal rainfall from now on, it will help the crops that are in the ground but won't replenish the ground water we missed out on," he said. As of midnight, we had 1.43 inches of rain in June, which is 2.72 inches below normal. For the year, we have had 15.91 inches, which is 6.36 inches below normal. Sties said we had .97 of an inch of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday and .16 of an inch from midnight to 7:30 a.m. today. Those measurements are at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and some areas got more or less rain, Sites said. Sites said there's a chance of a few more scattered showers today, but then the sun comes back out until next Thursday, when we have a 30 percent chance of rain.
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