The ongoing drought conditions in Western New York have led the Village of Lyndonville in Orleans County to declare a water shortage, banning car washing and lawn watering until further notice. A joint notice from the village mayor and the supervisor of the Town of Yates says the entire area served by their joint water […]
Nearly all of Western New York is now considered in a “moderate drought” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly map of drought conditions across America. The chart shows all but Wayne County, has at least some areas of drought. The rest of Western and Central New York is considered “abnormally dry.” Only […]
Parts of the Finger Lakes region are now in a moderate drought, while the rest of the Rochester area away from the Lake Ontario shoreline is considered “abnormally dry.” The latest climate maps from the Weather Service United States Drought Monitor show nearly 92 percent of New York State as abnormally dry and about 16 […]