Our First Rain in 17 Days! - Part I

The first rain since September 6th moved through late yesterday and earlier today. 

Radar loop above is from 5PM Sunday, September 22 through 12:30PM Monday September 23.

The top amounts were around 1/4" with most well under 0.1".  A small bulls-eye in southern Cuyahoga county from late evening showers on the 22nd.

Here is the total rainfall between September 7 and September 21.

This was the NE Ohio rainfall on September 6th. I superimposed the drought monitor information over the rainfall contour for reference.

Rainfall vs normal between September 7th and the 21st:

Midwest was just as dry.

Even if you extend this map out to early August, rainfall has been well below normal.

Early summer (June 1 to Auguts 1) was well above normal in the midwest/Central US. Ohio was overall below normal since June 1.

The frequency of storms was also way down over the last 3 weeks. Lightning strikes were scarce across northern Ohio.

Last year was September storms were a bit more prevalent.