| Cliff SEIA - 9/26/2023 07:45 Normal is what the drought monitor is based off, not how dry it actually is.
I know, that's why the drought monitor needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
Being 8-10" below normal doesn't mean the same thing to crop yields in an area where normal yearly precipitation is 40"+ as it does in an area where normal is sub 28". One area likely does better in the "dry" year than they do in a normal year, the other not so much.
Without the context of what "normal" is, "__ inches below normal” doesn't mean squat.
Edited by Kooiker 9/26/2023 10:51
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US drought monitor what are they smoking?
