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  • Area of extreme drought doubles this week

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that drought has expanded across the region this week. The area of extreme (D3) drought has doubled, and only three percent of the region has no drought at all. The largest area of extreme drought is in southern Georgia and northern Florida, where dry conditions cover most…

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  • United States Drought Monitor 101 Webinar

    Pam Knox

    The U. S. Drought Monitor is offering a webinar on the basics of how the Drought Monitor maps are made on February 12 at 3 pm EST. This webinar will cover who the authors are, where they get the data that the maps are based on, and how the map is created each week. You…

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  • Drought conditions increase in Florida, Georgia, and Virginia

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area of extreme (D3) drought expanded in south-central Georgia and quite a bit of northern Florida this week. Rain has been light to non-existent this week, leading to the decreases. There was a small area of improvement in central Alabama due to more rain there from…

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  • Latest seasonal drought outlook shows drought is expected to continue

    Pam Knox

    NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their final outlooks for February 2026 late last week. They show that colder than normal temperatures are likely to occur for the month, not a surprise considering the current weather and the likelihood of another cold outbreak the second week of the month. Precipitation has a chance of drier than…

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  • Slight increases in drought this week

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought got a little worse this week for some parts of the region. The biggest increase in drought was in northern Florida, where I understand blueberry producers are worried about having enough water for irrigation for frost protection in this weekend’s cold weather. The biggest improvement is…

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  • Extreme drought expands this week

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that there were new additions of extreme (D3) drought in Alabama and Georgia this week in addition to what was already present in the Florida Panhandle. The only place where drought improved was in western Alabama. With the rain that will be moving through the region in the…

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  • Drought expanded in southern and eastern parts of the Southeast

    Pam Knox

    The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that while rain put a dent in a band of the region stretching from Mississippi to the western mountains of North Carolina, most of the region to the south and east of that rainy area got drier this week, increasing drought overall in the region. The biggest increase…

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