Lake Okeechobee water level below normal for this time of year

John Nelander at the Palm Beach Daily News (aka, The Shiny Sheet) has this information on Lake Okeechobee:

     South Florida’s rainfall shortage is having a wider impact than just dry conditions at the coast. Lake Okeechobee water levels are below normal at 12.21 feet — well short of the average of 13.41 feet for this time of the year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported Wednesday.
     The lake was at 13 feet a year ago and 14.23 feet in 2013.
June rainfall was well below normal throughout most of South Floria, with “advancing drought conditions” in coastal areas, the South Florida Water Management District reported.
     “SFWMD weather record show this year’s district-wide May-June period was the driest since 2004 and the ninth driest since record keeping began in 1932,” the agency said.

You may want to familiarize yourself with local watering restrictions; here are the restrictions for the City of Lake Worth:

• Home Addresses Ending With Even Numbers (including zero) May Water Lawns & Gardens on Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday
• Home Addresses Ending With Odd Numbers May Water Lawns & Gardens on Monday, Wednesday, Saturday
• No Watering between 10am & 4pm