Much-needed rains and cooler weather

Just when our drought situation was getting bad, much-needed rains fell over southern Wisconsin nearly every day beginning Wed. July 20 and finally ending last Tuesday, the 26th. 3.46 inches fell at the airport in Madison over this period, spread fairly evenly during the seven days, entirely transforming the landscape from brown grass and hard, cracked ground, to green and moist. Although some of the rainfall events recorded in Madison were from spotty thundershowers with other areas remaining dry, almost everywhere in the southern part of the state recorded at least 2 inches of rain over the week-long wet period, with some isolated locations in Grant county in the far southwest receiving close to 10 inches.

Rainfall in Madison at the airport from July 20th to 26th:
20th: 1.17
21st: 0.75
22nd: 0.00
23rd: 0.53
24th: 0.01
25th: 0.88
26th: 0.12
Total: 3.46

Besides the end of the drought, the hot weather ended for a while as well, although highs near 90 look possible again for Sunday through Tuesday. Yesterday afternoon felt like fall though, with sunshine, low relative humidity, and a high of only 74 degrees in Madison.