Here you see an image taken last week of a bog that usually is a good-sized vernal pool by now. Despite numerous rain and snow showers since late February, a long-term drought of varying intensity persists for much of the Northeast.
We here on the Down East coast have been in the “Long-Term,” “Severe Drought” category since last summer, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor:
The hope is that we’ll at least improve to “Moderate Drought” by end of spring. Seems to me that’s a pathetically weak hope, as hopes go. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 13, 2026.)