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August provided some relief, but scorching above average temperatures and lack of rain which plagued the Piedmont during September and the first half of October has worsened an already bad situation.
Sperryville weather-watcher Dennis Wingfield reported that the area is 7.20 inches below normal rainfall for the year so far. “If this was mid-August, we’d be right on schedule - right on the norm,” he observed. “As it is, we’re a full two months behind.”
Mr. Wingfield said that in the last 38 days (through Monday) his monitoring station has recorded a total of .56 inches of rain. The amateur meteorologist, who supplies his observations to the National Weather Service and Channel 4 in Washington, D. C., added that the problems caused by lack of rain have been compounded by persistent southerly and southwesterly winds, which have quickly evaporated what little moisture managed to settle into the ground.
Temperatures have also been running above average for this time of year, Mr. Wingfield reported, noting so far during October the average has been 4.5 degrees above normal per day. That breaks down further to 5.5 degrees above average
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