Nearly a tenth of Ohio is now classified as in the highest levels of drought by the U.S. Drought Monitor. Meanwhile, moderate drought touches Portage County, closing in on Northeast Ohio again.

Boston and other parts of New England, including Cape Cod, are experiencing near-drought conditions even as much-needed rain arrives in the region, hopefully ending a monthlong dry spell that has left plant beds and lawns parched and soil moisture levels waning.

Aside from a couple bouts of heavy rain, the rain barrels in northern Ohio have been pretty parched this summer. And the dry trend continues as the National Weather Service says it will be Monday before the best chance of rain is back in the forecast.