According to latest drought monitor, most Sumner County is still in a drought, just not as much
Drought monitor table.
Sumner Newscow report — Well, it is getting better.
The good folks who produce the U.S. Drought Monitor have given Sumner County various stages of drought in this week’s map released today (Thursday). The data was collected through Tuesday at 8 a.m.
Once in deep red, Sumner County has moved to either extreme drought (red) to abnormally dry (yellow).
It depends on what part of the county you are in. If you are in the southwest corner Caldwell area, you are almost back to normal. The farther northeast you go in the county, the drier the conditions. The conditions are extreme drought in the Mulvane area.
Here are the Wellington precipitation totals for 2023 according to the National Weather Service:
Wellington had a very good July month as far as precipitation was concerned, getting six inches of rain. The average for all Julys is 3.4 inches meaning Wellington had 2.6 inches of rain over the average.
August is off to a good start (thanks to last weekend’s storms) with 1.52 inches of rain so far.
Overall, Wellington is also getting close to average. On average, Wellington averages 19.7 inches of rain since figures were first taken by the NWS in 1900. We are currently at 19.09 at this moment.
