Drought conditions remain a concern on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, even though some parts of the broader region have seen modest improvement over the past month, according to the latest Drought Information Statement issued July 9 by the National Weather Service in Wakefield.
The report said portions of central and eastern Virginia, including areas served by the Wakefield office, remain in Severe (D2) and Extreme (D3) drought. While the Weather Service noted a one- to two-category improvement in drought status across parts of eastern Virginia over the past four weeks, the Virginia Eastern Shore was specifically identified as one of the areas that largely missed out on the heavier rainfall seen elsewhere.
According to the statement, the Eastern Shore continues to show below-normal rainfall totals over the past 30 days, even as scattered showers and thunderstorms brought above-normal rainfall to some other sections of eastern Virginia, northeast North Carolina and southeast Maryland…