Hurricane Dennis has little effect on extreme Illinois drought.

[NNadir]

Here are the general countours of the drought:



Here is the rainfall associated with the dying hurricane Dennis:



"The remnants of Hurricane Dennis moved into Illinois early in the week. As a result, light to moderate rain has fallen over virtually the entire state (see Figure). The heaviest rains fell in southwestern Illinois with amounts over three inches in some cases. Unfortunately, the area in “extreme” drought in northern Illinois, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, generally received 0.5 inches or less. With the exception of southwestern Illinois, the rains were not substantial enough to have a lasting impact on the drought situation..."

http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/hilites/drought/drought20050713.asp

[madrchsod]

1. it`s really bad here in northern il

it would be worse if we didn`t get decent rain this spring to make up for no snow this winter...corn and bean prices are going to be thru the roof if it doesn`t rain next week.

[htuttle]

2. It's dry as a bone in Central WI

We've been lucky the last few years, but it looks like our luck ran out this year. There have been a lot of predictions for rain this summer, but most of the time it seems to have petered out by the time it gets here.

If we don't get some serious rain within the next week or two, we're not going to have much corn at all (it's starting to go into it's pollination phase -- when it grows the kernels -- for all you city folk).

The biggest casualty around here will probably be the budgets of dairy farmers. Lots of them grow corn to help feed their cows. No corn means more purchased feed, which is expensive.