Wet June Puts Wisconsin's Drought in Rear-View Mirror

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024 -- 10:01 AM

(Bob Hague, Wisconsin Radio Network) A wet June puts Wisconsin’s drought in the rear-view mirror.

According to Bob Hague with Wisconsin Radio Network, it wasn’t the wettest June on record, but the Wisconsin Climatology Office reports most locations received at least six inches of rainfall with a statewide average of just under seven inches.

That’s 48 percent or just over two-and-quarter inches more than normal, making it the sixth wettest June going back to 1895. And while all that ran following a very wet May crushed the drought, it also meant lots of flooding and storm damage.

Rain fell frequently and intensely last month. Some places in northwest and south-central Wisconsin had four- to six-inches more than normal. Bayfield County experienced its wettest June on record.

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