The .71 inches of rain Chicago saw this month is one of the driest Mays ever recorded in the city. State climatologist Trent Ford said conditions aren't alarming, yet, but if June isn't significantly wetter than May, there's cause for concern.
Right now, the city is experiencing a flash drought — which is still a drought, just one that occurs when conditions deteriorate quickly, over a matter of weeks rather than months, explained Trent Ford, Illinois state climatologist.
"Drought weather is typically very, very nice in spring," he said, with sunny skies and low humidity. But those same conditions also pull water out of the ground, especially with the higher temperatures the city has seen in recent days, Ford added. Lake Michigan isn't at any risk, but smaller streams and ponds are drying up, and drought-sensitive shrubs and plants, as well as young trees, are likely to be feeling stress too, said Ford. Thanks to irrigation systems and drought-resistant seed strains, so far agricultural crops, particularly commodities like corn and beans, haven't been impacted.
"If we tend toward that pattern, that's great," he said, but there's a fair amount of uncertainty baked into the prediction.Meteorologists accurately forecast a dry period in May, but"I'm not sure we expected it to persist," said Ford.
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