WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Despite recent rainfall across much of Indiana, the U.S. Drought Monitor update shows that some counties are still in “extreme drought.” Associate State Climatologist Ken Scheeringa said normal rainfall has returned to some areas, but precipitation has missed west central Indiana “over and over again.” The pattern is likely to continue …read more.

The National Weather Service of Northern Indiana is reporting that dry conditions starting 2012 have impacted much of the region. June’s hot and dry weather only intensified on-going drought conditions across the area. According to the NWS Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought conditions are present across much of northern Indiana, southern lower Michigan and …read more.