LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The leaves are changing colors, the smell of pumpkin spice is in the air, and there's not been a rain drop in sight for days.
In fact, there's only been .06 inches of rainfall over the last 26 days. That doesn't mean there's a drought right now, but it is abnormally dry in Indiana.
Helene remnants got the area out of the drought in late September. That drought lasted for 10 days.
Sept. 28 is also the last time we saw over an inch of rain.
The driest October on record is 1908 at only 0.07 inches of rain, the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport shows. However, if this trend continues, 2024 will be the driest October on record with only 0.05 inches of rain.
However, there are some burn bans in effect in southern Indiana: Crawford, Orange, Washington, Scott, Martin, Daviess and Warrick Counties are all under a burn ban according to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.
There's currently only one burn ban in effect in Kentucky, and that's over in Marion County according to Kentucky officials.
This type of October won't impact most farmers as they have already harvested a lot of their crops. In fact, this dry spell made harvest season even quicker because of the dry fields.
Continue to stay weather aware and follow the Weather Impact Team's latest forecast.
