Drought Impact - Weeping White Spruce - September 2021
We have had an interesting growing season in terms of precipitation in our zone - USDA growing Zone 5b - in Northern Illinois. I say 'interesting' because the Illinois State Climatologist has posted over the Summer on their blog and talk about a dry Spring/early Summer followed by a really wet period. A few callouts from that post: The first two-thirds of June was very dry across Illinois (Figure 5). In fact, the period between June 1 and 20 was the sixth and seventh driest on record in the northwest and northeast Illinois climate divisions, respectively. But... Due to the very wet last 7 to 10 days of the month, June ended wetter than average in all but the northwest and southwest climate divisions, and it was the sixth wettest on record in the east-central division. That 'really wet' period was great. But, it was followed by another very dry period. If you look at the US Drought Monitor from late August , you can see that our county (DuPage County) is in the