A mid-week storm brought soaking rains across northern New England along with late high-elevation snow primarily across the White Mountains. This precipitation, locally exceeding 3 inches, was sufficient to generate additional reductions in drought and abnormal dryness across central New Hampshire and southern Maine. Locally heavy rainfall was also observed across northern West Virginia and far western Maryland, prompting additional reductions. Elsewhere, mostly dry weather prevailed during the week, especially across the mid-Atlantic states and southern New England. While topsoil conditions remain favorable following a wet week previously, the region is vulnerable to a quick return of short term impacts, especially since groundwater and reservoir levels, which are slower to recover than soils and small streams, remain below average. Temperatures during the week were unseasonably cool, keeping evapotranspirative demand lower than normal, which helped prevent any significant degradation. A few small spots across southern New England, including southern Connecticut and eastern Massachusetts, did note degradations.

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