The lack of rainfall over Michigan is really starting to mount up, or should we say not mount up. One area has only had less than one-quarter inch of rain in the past month.
Here is the total rainfall over the past 30 days.
The light blue area north of Grand Rapids has only had one-tenth to one-quarter of an inch of rain since May 5. Just look on a ruler at a very small one-tenth of an inch.
Big Rapids received only three-tenths of an inch in the past month. The extreme dryness extends eastward into the highly agricultural area of Saginaw County and Bay County. Those regions also have only had one-tenth to one-half inch.
Most of the other major metropolitan areas like Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing and Grand Rapids have only had one-half to one-inch of rain in the past month.
The rainfall deviation from normal map shows clearly who is most hurting for rain.
The orange area over west-central and southwest Lower Michigan is lacking 3 to 4 inches of rain in the last 30 days. All of the agricultural area of Lower Michigan is at least 2 inches behind on rain.
In fact there is only one tiny spot in the Upper Peninsula that was good on rain in the past month. The rest of the entire state is behind normal for 30-day rainfall.
This is a crucial time for rain. Some of the crops decide how big the yield is based on current rain conditions. Of course, we have also seen how flammable Michigan is right now with large wildfires.
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