CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – As expected, the five days of rain in late May improved the latest U.S. Drought Monitor in parts of the Valley, southern Virginia, and Tidewater, but it did not move the needle much in the Albemarle County and Charlottesville area.
Before the rain, the Drought Monitor placed all of Nelson, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Louisa, Albemarle, Charlottesville, nearly all of Orange and the southern tip of Greene in “extreme” drought conditions.
The rainfall didn’t change it…