Drought conditions across Connecticut continue to get worse this fall, despite heavy rain across most of the state last week, prompting officials to elevate the drought status across most of the state again Monday.
Portions of Hartford, Tolland, Windham and New London counties are now classified at Stage 3 “moderate” drought conditions — out of five stages — a level issued only once before during an exceptionally dry stretch of 2016 and 2017, officials announced Monday. Middlesex County also was elevated to Stage 2 “emerging” drought conditions this week.
“Reports of low water levels in private wells, streams, agricultural water supplies, and fire suppression ponds have been increasing especially in eastern Connecticut,” the Connecticut Interagency Drought Workgroup said in a release Monday.