Drought sets records for Indianapolis, Evansville - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

The National Weather Service says last month was the driest June on record for Indianapolis and Evansville.

Weather service figures show both cities received less than half as much rain as their previous records, and Fort Wayne ended up with its second-driest June.

The June rainfall for Indianapolis was 0.09 of an inch - breaking the previous record 0.36 of an inch set in 1988.

The only drier month recorded for Indianapolis was in March 1910.

In Evansville, June's rainfall was 0.15 of an inch, which broke a record that stood since 1933. Fort Wayne had 0.65 of an inch of rain, going slightly above what it saw in 1933 only because of gusty thunderstorms that hit the city Friday and Saturday.

Agriculture experts say some Indiana farmers are already facing big crop losses because of the drought.

The Agriculture Department reports that corn is beginning to tassel early in the dry weather and that soybeans also are blooming early.

Purdue Extension economist Chris Hurt says farmers who sold a large percentage of their anticipated crops on future delivery contracts could be especially hard-hit financially if they don't grown enough to meet those contracts.

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