BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is warning residents and visitors that potential for wildfires has steadily increased in the past several weeks due to a lack of rain and unseasonably high temperatures. While open-air burning is legal in parts of Maryland, DNR is strongly encouraging homeowners to refrain from outdoor burning until the state receives significant steady rainfall […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—A significant lack of recent rain, and unusual late season heat, have led to the development of “flash drought” conditions across a large portion of the area. The National Weather Service says that the short-term dryness and heat have quickly overcome the long- term record wetness the region experienced between April 2018 and the early summer of 2019, and […]
It’s official. The Nottingham area, along with much of the Baltimore region, is now experiencing a severe drought. On February 1, the United States Drought Monitor designated the Nottingham area as a “D2” zone – or severe drought. The rain and snowfall thus far this winter have amounted to the second driest on record. The U.S. Drought Monitor indicates that […]