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Month: May 2021

Oregon’s Spring Drought Becomes Historic

Oregon’s Spring Drought Becomes Historic

People across the Pacific Northwest are beginning to get very worried. The spring of 2021 has been the driest on record since March 1 in many places. PDX has received only 2.01″ of rainfall as of May 14.  Normal for the first 2 1/2 months of spring is 7.97″!  Generally spring rain tapers off very gradually between February and June.  But not this year. March was about as dry as a normal June, and April was drier than July or…

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