By the Numbers: Regional Water Woes

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WHAT A SORRY LOOKING SUNFLOWER. It's thirsty, just like countless other plants dealing with the drought across the sun-soaked region, as The Post's Darragh Johnson and Philip Rucker report. (The heat is even melting cheese sculptures in Montgomery County ...)

Let's take a look at our water woes, by the numbers ...

» 4.18: The amount of rain, in inches, that has fallen since June 1.
» 8.22: The average number of inches of rain for the same time period.

» 24: The number of hours per day sprinklers are running at the National Arboretum.
» 30: The percent chance for rainfall on Thursday.

» "Withered D.C. Region Cries for Water, Cool Water" [WaPo]

Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post