Although the weather service predicted this rainy season would be wetter than normal, it's been anything but.
With most of the region seeing four to six inches less rainfall than normal in the past three weeks, this likely will end up being one of the driest Junes on record, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.
Blame the dearth of rain on an area of persistent high pressure over the western Atlantic. It is creating a stiff easterly sea breeze, which is pushing all the showers and storms far inland or to the state's west coast.
"Sometimes these weather systems get kind of stuck over an area, and that's what we're seeing here," said meteorologist Robert Molleda.