Extreme rains over the Upper Midwest severely impacted Wisconsin and Michigan last week – straining dams, flooding homes, washing out roads that have been stable for a century.
Above, Steve Vavrus of the University of Wisconsin discusses the climate fingerprints on recent extremes.
In Central and Northern parts of Michigan’s lower peninsula, it was the wettest spring on record.
Map below from Farm Journal shows broad swaths of the Eastern US with areas ranked for precipitation – showing the contrast between regions experiencing either the wettest, or driest years in their records.
Extended Farm Journal report here: