PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – This week’s drought monitor continues to show slowly expanding and deteriorating drought conditions across Western Pennsylvania.
More of Westmoreland and Fayette counties have been added to severe drought levels and Lawrence and Mercer counties have been upgraded from abnormally dry to moderate drought.
The month of September, so far, has not been of any help with regard to the weather pattern after a very erratic summer precipitation pattern. Through Sept. 18, this month is currently the second driest September on record in Pittsburgh with only 0.45″ of rain recorded at the airport.
There is still a week and a half left in the month and with precipitation chances on the way, this stat will likely not hold, but more than likely, this month will end with below-average precipitation.
No measurable precipitation has occurred since Sept. 7, which would make today the 12th day in a row with no measurable precipitation. The longest stretch without any measurable precipitation in Pittsburgh is 26 days from mid-October to early November 1874.