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Based on drought reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, area rainfall is running four inches below normal for June and July, Mrs. Thornhill continued.
Local weather watcher Dennis Wingfield Confirmed the USDA’s figures. Normal precipitation for May in Rappahannock is 3.48 inches; the county got 2.02 inches. Normal for June is 3.35 inches; the county got 1.45, Normal for July is 3.88 inches and to date, Mr. Wingfield’s gauges show that 1.73 inches of rain has fallen. That gives the county a rainfall deficit of 5.51 inches over the last three months.
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