The Tampa Bay area’s rainy season was one of the driest in more than a decade. With dry season starting earlier this month and running until late May, officials are asking residents to conserve water.
According to the Southwest Florida Water Management District, 2007 was the last rainy season that was this dry.
"We had a very dry spring," Tamera McBride, a hydrologic data manager with the Southwest Florida Water Management District, said. "The wet season, as I mentioned, has been dry, and at this point, we like to look at our 12-month rainfall totals. The 12-month rainfall total is 9.9 inches below the mean below average rainfall for this time of year."
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