Updated July 19
Soggy July weather eases drought in some areas, not others
Despite 12 days of rain so far this month, Portland remains more than 4 inches short of its average so far this year, the National Weather Service says.
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A couple walk along the sand at Old Orchard Beach on Monday afternoon under ominous skies. The rainy weather this month has helped ease drought conditions in parts of Maine, even if it isn t exactly what tourist businesses might have preferred. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
An unusual stretch of soggy July weather has relieved drought conditions in some parts of Maine, but it still hasn’t made up for a dry start to the year or ended the prolonged dry spell.
Franklin, Oxford counties now face severe drought
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The Androscoggin River is running unusually low in 2021
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AUBURN The current Not-So-Great-Falls on the Androscoggin River make it all-too-obvious that water levels are down this year.
Water volume Tuesday was less than a third of what it normally is this time of year, a paltry 2,500 cubic feet per second instead of its norm of nearly 9,000 cubic feet per second.
Low as it is, the U.S. Geological Survey said the water level in Auburn was still a bit higher than its record low for May 25.
But upstream in both Rumford and in Gorham, New Hampshire, water volumes Tuesday hit record lows for the date, a troubling indication that a growing drought may get worse.