Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought expanded to cover 36.02% of the continental US, an increase of 1.74 points on the US Drought Monitor. intensified in parts of the Southwest, central US and along the East Coast.

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Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought continued to expand/intensify across parts of the southern and northern tiers of the continental US and the Midwest with some relief in South from TS Harold. Abnormal dryness and drought cover 50.41% of the Lower 48, while 49.59% is free of dryness.

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Last updated 1 year ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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continued to expand/intensify in parts of the Southern US and ease in the Midwest, as has been the trend in recent weeks. has developed in parts of East and . Drought covers 30.62% of the continental US.

droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Current

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Last updated 1 year ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought has intensified quickly over the past 5 weeks in the and , and to a lesser degree from to . However, the central US to the Northeast has had improvement over the same period.

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Last updated 1 year ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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(D1-D4) decreased slightly by 1.05 percentage points in the continental US. Conditions eased in the Midwest, but worsened in , the Southwest and Minnesota.

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Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought remains worst in the central U.S., with a mix of expanding dryness and in the Pacific Northwest to and . Conditions eased in parts of the Plains, Midwest and Northeast. The area covered by drought in the contiguous US remained near 27%.

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Last updated 1 year ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought continued to intensify across the Midwest and parts of the Northeast again this week as developed, threatening corn and other crops.
covers 27.11% of the contiguous US after drought/dryness began ramping up a month ago.

droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Current

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Last updated 1 year ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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The drought footprint in the continental US continues to shrink, extending the improvement trend that began in late October 2022. has also intensified this week with areas of extreme and exceptional drought increasing in and .

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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought has rapidly decreased across the Lower 48 to just 25.84%, down from a peak of 62.95% only 25 weeks ago. The Central and Southern Plains, however, remain firmly in the grip of severe to exceptional at the start of the 2023 growing season.

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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Improvement continued on the US Drought Monitor with just 28.23% of the Lower 48 in . While drought eased further in the West and Northern Plains, extreme or exceptional drought worsened in , and . Dry conditions also expanded along the East Coast.

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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought continued to shrink, affecting less of the US this week, but the amount of extreme and exceptional (D3 & D4) drought increased with worsening conditions in the Southern Plains and a new area of extreme in . The East Coast from Pennsylvania to South Carolina was drier, while conditions continued to improve in the West.

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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought in the US has been mostly abating since Nov. 1, with a drop of 22.64 percentage points. Since November, heavy winter precipitation has eased large swaths of the West, particularly in California and Nevada. Much of the eastern US and Hawaii also emerged from , while Texas and Florida saw dry conditions intensify.

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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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conditions have improved across much of the US in the first two months of 2023, but Florida, Texas and the Pacific Northwest have become drier.
The latest US map will be released tomorrow morning at 8:30 am ET.

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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Tremendous improvement on the US with central 's Sierra Nevada mountains becoming free of and abnormal dryness for the first time since January 2020.
For the continental US, just 38.46% is in drought, dropping below 40% for the first time since September 2020.

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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought continued to mostly ease on the US , apart from moderate increasing by nearly a fifth of a percentage point.
Drought expanded in the Northwest, small areas in the Southern Plains and Florida, but shrank in swaths across the central US.

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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought continues to gradually ease on the US as has been the general trend since the start of November. Snow continues to improve in parts of and the West, while areas of get drier.

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Last updated 2 years ago

Tom - KB9ENS · @kb9ens
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for the last three weeks is pretty amazing.

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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Intense storms bringing heavy precipitation to has eased drought on the . Most of the extreme was removed, with just a small area along the Oregon border remaining.
mercurynews.com/2023/01/12/cal

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Last updated 2 years ago

Vicki Meagher · @vickimeagher
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I periodically look at the US Drought Monitor. A new map is posted at the website every Thursday.


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Last updated 2 years ago

Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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Drought continued to ease across parts of the country on the with huge improvements in as storms continue to slam the state. Parts of the West, the Midwest and the Southeast also saw ease, with only a few patches of worsening drought.

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Last updated 2 years ago