NOAA released their climate summary for March 2022 late last week. It shows that dry conditions in the western US have made drought conditions even worse than they were before, with little prospect of relief as we approach the end of their rainy season. Here in the Southeast, nearly all of the region had above normal temperature, but precipitation was mixed across the region, with some areas quite wet and others dry. For the year to date, the signal of warmer and drier than normal conditions in southern GA and AL and in Florida due to the moderate La Nina is clearly seen in the climate summaries for January through March. You can read more at A warm, dry March worsened record drought conditions in the West | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (noaa.gov).
