Drought
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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…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought has expanded in every state of the Southeast this week. The cutoff date for data was Tuesday, so this did not include any effect of the rain we have been experiencing today. The only places that saw improvements were southern Florida and Puerto Rico. Due…
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The latest monthly and seasonal climate outlooks for the United States were released today. They show that for both October and the October through December period, warmer than normal conditions are likely across the region. They also show that drier than normal conditions are expected in a lot of the region for the last three…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry (D0) conditions expanded across a lot of the region and moderate (D1) drought appeared in central and northern Virginia as well as expanded in Alabama this week due to the lack of rain. The only place where drought decreased was along the East Coast…
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The lack of rain over the last week has led to a big increase in the area with abnormally dry (D0) conditions in the region, especially in Virginia and North Carolina. There was some expansion in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia as well. There was also some small improvements in drought conditions in southern Alabama and…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for September 2025 was released today. It shows that the forecast for precipitation indicates a continued chance of wetter than normal conditions in Florida, which could lead to an end to the drought conditions that are currently there. There is no signal for what the temperatures will be over the…
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The latest Drought Monitor map shows that there were slight improvements in several states in abnormally dry conditions (D0) and drought over the last week. There was also a small degradation of dry conditions along Florida’s East Coast. Due to the rain in South Florida this week, we can expect to see some further improvements…
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