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Almost no more drought in Masaschusetts

By adamg on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 9:06am

The latest state drought map shows just 0.15% of the state is still in drought, while 52% of the state is "normal," and the rest - including the area around the Quabbin Reservoir - is "abnormally" dry. At the peak of drought conditions last year, pretty much the entire state, save Nantucket, was considered to be in a drought, with some areas in "extreme" drought.

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Comments

By Cat Victory Speech on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 9:36am.

If you squint, you can see a Moderate Drought in Southwick. Lovely farms in the area.

By anon on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 11:28am.

Its the Uvula of the Commonwealth! When that is discolored, its time for a checkup...

By Ron Newman on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 9:38am.

or are they still buying MWRA water?

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 9:42am.

I think they only bought water up through November.

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 9:41am.

The folks who put out the drought map cringe about their service being anything more than informative, as it is a modeled surface on a larger scale and not suitable for policy making purposes.

That said, the Drought Management Task Force met on Tuesday and the official word on drought status in the six regions of the Commonwealth should come out today or tomorrow.

By Ron Newman on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 9:44am.

I had to really look at that map to find the tiny patch of orange, but it's the Southwick "notch" that dips into Connecticut.

By adamg on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 10:13am.

I missed that tiny bit.