Through Friday, the official precipitation (rain and melted snow) for Fargo-Moorhead since January 1 is 7.06โ of rain, which is about 70 percent of average. This 30 percent deficit from average amounts to about two and three-quarters of an inch. It has been a little dry this year but not to the point at which it could be called a drought. Conditions are much drier to our south and east, where precipitation stands at 55 to 65 percent of average, or more than three inches below average. The northern Valley region is having the opposite result. In and around Grand Forks, precipitation is running about 150 to 200 percent of average, or about three to six inches above average. The disparity between north and south is due to typical variations in thunderstorm rainfall. Prior to thunderstorm season, it was generally dry overall, but June thunderstorms have tended to dump more rainfall across the north.
