Despite Tuesday’s rainfall, the region remains mired in a moderate to severe drought. As of this writing, Louisville had only received 0.29 inches of rain since June 1st and only 0.38” going back to May 17th. That equates to less than one tenth of the normal amount of rain over the past month for the metro area! In terms of a deficit, Louisville is about two inches below normal for the month of June and more than five inches below normal for the year.

As bad as it has been for Louisville, it has been even worse further south. Bowling Green for instance has only picked 0.05 inches of rain since June 1st leaving them more than 2 and half inches below normal for the month. If that wasn’t bad enough, Bowling Green is now more than 10 and a half inches below normal for the year!

Because of the lack of rainfall, a moderate drought has been declared for most of southern Indiana and all of the state of Kentucky while a severe drought has been declared for much of the southern part of the state. Because of the lack of rain, The Kentucky Drought Monitoring Center has recently placed a Water Shortage Watch for 61 counties including; Shelby, Franklin, Spencer, Nelson, La Rue, Washington, Marion, Taylor, Green and Adair Counties.