North Escambia Rains Provide Some Welcomed Drought Relief

June 12, 2012

While one to two feet of rain in the past few days created havoc in the Pensacola area, a slow and steady weekend rain followed by heavier downpours on Monday were welcome news for many North Escambia farmers.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, all of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties were officially in a severe drought as of last week. In the North Escambia area, rainfall totals Saturday through Monday morning were mostly in the three to six inch range.

This was the second year that the North Escambia area was in a severe drought. Last year, Escambia and Santa Rosa counties were declared federal disaster areas due to the combined effect of excessive drought and the summer’s high temperatures. Many farmers lost a large percentage of their crops to the dry soils. This year, non-irrigated crops were suffering tremendously in the dry soil, making 2012 look like a repeat of 2011.

Pictured above: Water standing between rows in a Walnut Hill field Monday afternoon. Pictured below: Dry, parched corn in Walnut Hill prior to the rains. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

One Response to “North Escambia Rains Provide Some Welcomed Drought Relief”

  1. ME!! on June 12th, 2012 8:43 am

    ALL THIS RAIN PAID OFF

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News