Rainy August has hit a dry spell
http://dervishcom.blogspot.com/2011/08/rainy-august-has-hit-dry-spell.html
Washington's August has dried up.
What was once the rainiest month of the year is now the driest. It has become a month marked by withering foliage and aborted blooms.
Average rainfall at Reagan National Airport in August has fallen from almost five inches in the middle of the last century to less than three inches today. The tropical storms that used to roll through the area bringing 12 and 14 inches of rain at a time have tapered off. The most rainfall August has seen since 1980 was seven inches in 1990. And in the past decade, August has exceeded five inches of rain for the month just once.
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