Rain is coming, but will it be enough?

If the first three days in August are any indication, things could be looking up for the Savannah River Basin.  According to the Army Corps of Engineers, it has definitely been worse: A dozen or more times in the last 68 years the sub-basins have received less rain4 than they did last month, including in 1980 when Thurmond got a paltry 1.4 inches, and a six-year dry spell from 2006-11 when Hartwell couldn’t hurdle the 3-inch mark. The interesting thing about last month’s numbers is that rain did fall, but it either missed the mark or was just plain mist. August, though, could be another story. In just three days, Hartwell has already received more than half the rainfall it received in June, which had a similar average as August (4.8 vs. 4.9 inches). Likewise, Russell equaled its June total of 1.4 inches in just 3 days.