Western Kansas has not seen precipitation in over two weeks, providing no relief to the rapidly drying soils and low streamflows. The southern High Plains are in the grips of rapidly drying conditions, leading to degradations across Kansas, with conditions bleeding into eastern Colorado and southern Nebraska. Western Missouri missed out on the precipitation, further degrading already dry conditions similar to Kansas and Oklahoma. Eastern Iowa also saw slight improvements due to improved conditions over the past 30 to 90 days, though longer-term conditions of 6 months or more are still showing dryness. The central and eastern parts of the Midwest received 1 to 2.5 inches of rain, bringing improvements to Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and the Kentucky border. MidwestĬonditions across the Midwest continued to improve, except for western Missouri and a small area in western Michigan. Conditions in Oklahoma into Kansas are seeing rapid degradation and short-term dryness indicating flash drought conditions. Conversely, southern Texas and Oklahoma are seeing conditions worsen as conditions continue to quickly deteriorate. While less precipitation fell in Tennessee, the western part of the state also saw improvements. This brought improvements in northeast Mississippi, leaving the state drought-free with only some lingering abnormally dry conditions. Heavy precipitation fell across eastern Texas, Louisiana, southern Arkansas and west-central Mississippi. Eastern North Carolina and southern Florida missed out on this week's round of precipitation, adding to the lack of precipitation for the past 14 to 30 days, which saw the introduction and expansion of abnormal dryness. There was more precipitation this week clearing up lingering abnormal dryness along the Gulf Coast. Nantucket was finally relieved of the lingering moderate drought, leaving abnormally dry conditions. New York and surrounding areas are also seeing good streamflows and soil moisture. In western New York, moderate drought was removed. The large precipitation events that brought heavy rain across the South and into the Northeast helped improve what little dry and drought conditions remained. Weeks with little precipitation, warming temperatures, dry soils and low streamflow levels are leading to rapid degradations. Flash drought conditions are appearing in Oklahoma, and Kansas, with some spillovers in eastern Colorado and western Missouri. Western and southern Texas, which largely missed this week’s precipitation, saw an expansion of abnormal dryness, moderate and severe drought conditions. Across the country in the Southeast, areas in North Carolina and southern Florida are seeing drying conditions due to low precipitation over the past few weeks. Extreme drought conditions were introduced in the mountainous region along the Idaho and Montana border due to concerns about low snow amounts and possible early snowmelt. There were also isolated areas of improvement in Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Heavy precipitation fell across much of the central and eastern parts of the country, bringing improvements along the Mississippi River and Great Lakes regions.

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