Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Weekly Report: Mildly Dry

Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 6/9/2018
Submitted: 6/09/2018 7:26 AM
Scale Bar: Mildly Dry
Description:
 
Rainfall over the first 9 days of June only 0.29. High drying rates. May rainfall was about an inch below normal. Soil is somewhat dry. Growth has slowed for plants, crops, and lawns. Vegetation is still green. It became necessary to water some this week.
 
Categories: General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife

This report is specifically for the Arbor Doctor’s location 3.4 miles west of Cheviot, OH, in the western suburbs of Cincinnati in southwest Ohio. This location is also an official cooperative observation site for the National Weather Service listed as Cheviot 3W.

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