WINONA, Minn. — It’s been 40 days since any meaningful rain has fallen in Winona County. Farms, gardens and tree canopies show the stress. Some hillsides are beginning to yellow a bit earlier than usual for the season. In these past 5-1/2 weeks there has been only occasional spurts of precipitation and a little drizzling but no soakers and not a single 24-hour period even approach a quarter inch.
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