One Streak Ends But the Drought Continues

There's been a few drops of rain around at times the past couple of days, and late yesterday morning those drops put .01" into the rain gauge at the Salt Lake City International Airport.

That was the first day with measurable rain since the fourth of July, a 48 day streak, good for the 12th longest on record.

Source: https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

I wish it didn't end with such a pathetic amount of rain.  

There is one record, however, that continues, an that is the lack of rain over the past 3 months.  The period from May 24 to Aug 23 is the 2nd driest on record (.35"), behind only 1958 (.31").  If we go back to May 18, it's the driest on record. 

There will be some isolated thunderstorms today, but shower chances will be on the increase tomorrow and remain elevated early next week.  Hopefully we will get some much needed, beneficial rain showers, without too much lightning or flooding.