“As we’ve seen in past years, California can go quickly from wet to dry conditions, and we are expecting dry conditions to return through the rest of January. This will have an impact on statewide rain and snowfall averages, which are expected to decrease,” Anderson said.

This U.S. Drought Monitor continues to show improvement in drought-related conditions across multiple areas. The Midwest (Iowa and Minnesota), central and northern Plains (Kansas, Nebraska, Dakotas, and eastern Montana), southern Plains (Texas), and in the ...

Drought conditions increase across western North Carolina and the Upstate, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor.

ATLANTA — The nation’s drought picture has shifted sharply this week, with some regions seeing rare early-season rainfall and others slipping deeper into dryness, according to Richard Tinker, the meteorologist and drought expert with the National ...