Restrictions on Water Use Are Increasing Across Connecticut

Although parts of eastern Connecticut received significant rain Monday and Tuesday, southwestern Connecticut was able to muster little --- if any --- rainfall. In fact, the Bridgeport climate station at Sikorksy Memorial Airport in Stratford recorded only three-hundredths of an inch of rain Monday.

As a result, the monthly rain total through August 22 is still less than one inch (0.81"), and August is the seventh month out of eight this year with below-normal precipitation at Bridgeport.

Restrictions on water use have increased across Connecticut. Here is the latest information, courtesy of Connecticut News Junkie: 

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/08/23/water-use-restrictions-popping-up-around-connecticut-as-drought-conditions-worsen/.

"We desperately need rain," is a refrain we've heard all-too-frequently across southwestern Connecticut this Summer.

Paul