Drought
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The effects of the rain that we experienced last week are finally helping to reduce the severity of drought in the region. The area of extreme drought has been reduced in most areas, although it expanded slightly in the Florida Panhandle, and most other drought-covered areas reduced their severity. Our next round of rain will…
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The latest outlook for the November 2025 climate was issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center earlier this week. It shows that the prediction for temperature has equal likelihood of near, above, and below normal temperatures. We do expect cooler than usual temperatures for the next week with slowly rising temperatures, then another cool down by…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought increased in Florida and southern AL and GA, but improved in northern GA and AL as well as the Carolinas. There were some additional small slivers of drought noted along the coast of NC and SC. Puerto Rico did not have any change from last week.…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows an expansion of extreme (D3) drought in southern Georgia and the Florida Panhandle and in western Alabama as well as the addition of a new area near Atlanta. Many other parts of the region also experienced worsening conditions due to the significantly lower than average rainfall this month…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought expanded in most of the region this week due to warm temperatures and the nearly complete absence of rain. In west central Alabama and southwest Georgia, the areas of extreme (D3) drought nearly doubled and the extreme drought expanded into the Florida Panhandle, which is experiencing…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought has gotten worse in many parts of the region, including northern Florida, all of Alabama and Georgia, and the Carolinas. Drought conditions have been reduced in eastern Virginia and central Tennessee, which experienced more rain in the past week than other states. Southern Florida is also…
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The Southeast has been very dry the past few weeks and drought has increased across the region. I have heard of numerous livestock producers having to feed hay because the pastures have dried up. This is especially bad this time of year because the farmers were hoping to get one last hay cutting to help…