Extreme drought expands in OH and WV

(WOWK) — Extreme Drought conditions have expanded across the WOWK viewing area in West Virginia and Ohio according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor. The bright red areas are considered to be in the category of ‘Extreme Drought’ on the map below.

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Drought monitor released 8/22/24

Other ways to visualize the conditions start with the lack of rainfall compared to normal over the last 30 days. The red areas in the image shown below are about 3 inches behind normal for the last month.

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Rainfall deficit for the previous 30 days as…

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