Snow and ice in the recent storm added up to 11.7 inches at my location. This melted down to 1.91 inches of liquid giving a total for liquid precipitation for the month to date of 3.27.
As of late December, Cincinnati had been taken out of the drought designation. However, last week we were still listed by the drought monitor as abnormally dry and were lagging behind for the month. There’s nothing like moisture laden snow to replenish soil moisture!
Needless to say, local landscapes have been through two years of drought, heat in 2007, Hurricane Ike, and now another damaging ice storm. Plants need good soil moisture but some are very stressed right now.
Ron