Much-needed rainfall arrived in Western Kentucky Tuesday afternoon, but it certainly wasn’t enough to end the ongoing drought.
The Mesonet site just north of Hopkinsville received six-tenths of an inch of rain Tuesday, three-quarters of an inch fell at the site between Elkton and Trenton in Todd County and the site just north of Cadiz recorded just over four-tenths of an inch.
While those amounts were the largest the area has seen in about a month, it will take more soaking rains to end the drought and to eradicate the heightened fire danger.
An outdoor burn ban remains in effect for Christian, Todd, Trigg and most surrounding counties in Western Kentucky and for all of the state of Tennessee.
The next chance of rain appears to be late Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday.