No measurable rain since 5/27. The rainfall prior to 5/27 equaled 1.00” over four days.
Landscape plants requiring daily or every other irrigation with drip irrigation. Growth rates are down and flowering of crepe myrtles is running behind. Grass (hybrid bermuda) is barely growing. Mowing around once every two weeks. It is usually thriving in the early summer heat and humidity.
Watering restrictions in place limiting irrigation to one day per week during overnight hours.
Agricultural planting is behind. Tobacco and corn seem to be surviving. Other crops are heavily stressed.
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