Over the last 60 days, extensive areas of the country have recorded below 25 percent of normal precipitation, from the Southwest into the central Plains and Midwest as well as in the Southeast and into the Mid-Atlantic.
Most areas inland did not record any precipitation for the week, which continued the dry conditions that have been developing over the last 2-3 months.
Abnormally dry conditions were introduced into northwest and central Georgia as moderate drought conditions expanded over the western portions of the state.
No changes were made this week to the region as the impact of the precipitation in the region will be slow to materialize.
High Plains A dry week for the region, but also a very cold week, with most of the eastern portions of the region recording temperatures 5-10 degrees below normal.
South At the end of the current United States Drought Monitor period, the area from east Texas into southern Louisiana and southwest Mississippi recorded 1-2 inches of precipitation.
The dryness over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle regions continued with an expansion of moderate and severe drought conditions this week and an introduction of extreme drought in Oklahoma.
Extreme drought also expanded in northern Texas.
Moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions were also expanded in portions of central, southern, and west Texas.
Drier than normal conditions are anticipated to mainly be over the areas of west Texas and southern New Mexico as well as along the coastal regions of the Southeast, with higher than normal chances of dry conditions along much of the east coast.