At SLE, these were the periods without meaningful rainfall events (around .10"+).
2025: Just under 2 months
2024: 1 month
2023: Just over 2 months
2022: Just under 2 months
2021: 3 months
2020: Just under 2 months
2019: About 1 month
It's going to be very interesting to see if the developing Nino can kneecap the heat as we get to summer. There is a tendency toward cooler summers in the Midwest in Nino years (doesn't happen every time but pretty often). But I feel like mother nature is sending up some signals that should maybe give some pause. Cantore makes good points in that tweet.