Drought conditions are worsening in the New York City area following several months of little rain and hot weather.
The U.S. Drought Monitor report now shows all of New York City and a good portion of northern and central New Jersey in either a moderate to severe drought condition. New Jersey State Climatologist Dave Robinson urges residents to limit lawn watering, run full laundry and dishwasher loads and shorten showers.
“If you think well what am I going to do to make a difference. Well, what if the 10 million of us in this region all do that. We are going to be saving millions of gallons of water.”
Robinson says the area doesn’t need to make up for the lack of rain to get out of a drought situation but needs to return to a normal rainfall pattern over the next couple of months.