9 & 10 News After a spring with little to no rainfall, we may have turned the corner. Rainfall was running below average for many locations across northern Michigan. At the end of June, Traverse City and Sault Ste. Maire was more than 3 inches below the YEARLY average in terms of rainfall. To put that into perspective, that is over 2 feet of snow.
The United States Drought Monitor at the beginning of June featured dry conditions Much of the nation including Michigan was suffering from a lack of rain. Here is a closer look at the Drought Monitor from Michigan from June 8th, 2021. The Yellow shade is