August 2011

摘要

Slightly cooler weather settled across the Midwest during August, although pesky dry-ness-mainly from Iowa to Indiana-continued to be a problem for some of the region's farmers. In contrast, heavy rain developed in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states, eradicating dryness but causing late-month flooding. Heavy rain from Hurricane Irene fell on already saturated soils, triggering record flooding from the northern mid-Atlantic region into parts of New England. Irene also caused extensive wind damage and power outages on August 27-28 from Eastern North Carolina into New England.