Getting Dry, Higher Fire Danger

Spring for Central Arkansas started out wet, but is ending up quite dry. March was a wet Month with over 8 inches of rain recorded in Little Rock, but rainfall was below normal in April and so far May has been bone dry.

Many spots around Arkansas, including Little Rock,  have only received less than an inch of rain so far this month. Normal rainfall for the month so far is over 3 and half inches. Not only are gardens and yards getting parched due to the dry and increasingly hot weather, but fire danger is also creeping back up. Several Counties in Arkansas have enacted burn bans. The Counties shaded in red are under burn bans as of Wednesday.

Faulkner, Perry, Conway, Cleburne, Van Buren and Searcy Counties are among those now under burn bans.  Breezy conditions Thursday will add to the fire danger, along with temperatures topping 90 degrees.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor data just released today shows most of Arkansas now under "Dry" conditions with moderate drought conditions for Northeast Arkansas.

Without some significant rainfall within the next couple of weeks, much more of Arkansas is likely to fall under drought conditions.