May rains finish short

After the heavy rain over the May 14-15 weekend netted .75 of an inch on the May 16 reading, the precipitation slacked off for the balance of the month. The May total was booked at 1.18 inches which is .42 short of the normal for the month, according to the NRCS monthly report.

Rainfall logged over the last two weeks was .08 on May 19 and .25 on May 24.

The lag in precipitation for last month follows a .29 below-normal tally for April, which has 1.56 average rainfall.

After the below-normal rainfall for the last two months, the crop year total from Oct. 1 remains a scant .07 above normal follo...