Zones of substantial rain fell Tuesday, with 1 to 3 inches common for DC, the northern Beltway, and suburbs north of there. It was the latest in regular rounds of storminess over recent weeks.
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Despite another decent rainfall, the District is on target to end up somewhat below average for rainfall in July, the wettest month of the year. The city is an oddball for the area among the sample of above average monthly totals shown below.
- Salisbury: 8.03 inches
- Damascus: 6.13 inches
- Baltimore: 5.71 inches
- Dulles Airport: 5.34 inches
- DC: 3.58 inches
Most of our region will end up with an above average tally for July rainfall. DC looks to fall short, keeping it at 11 drier than normal months out of the last 12. Its current dry streak is about to grow to six months running.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor update shows most of the DC area now in moderate drought. Some far northern suburbs remain in severe drought. As bad as extreme drought still exists in central Virginia and portions of Delaware to nearby Maryland.
There was drought improvement again this week over chunks of the region. This is mostly reflecting rain that fell last week, as the cutoff for the weekly update is Tuesday morning and it does not include the heavier rain later that day.
It is likely that next week's update will feature further improvements in drought conditions in the DC area.
Looking ahead, there are no major signals for widespread meaningful rainfalls in the near term, but the National Weather Service is currently somewhat favoring a wetter than normal second week of August.
