Drought conditions in Alabama continue to improve.
Drought conditions continue to fade across Alabama as the summer begins.
That’s according to the latest weekly report from the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The report, which is compiled each Tuesday and released on Thursday, showed that 93.92 percent of the state is drought-free.
That’s the highest percentage since April of 2016.
Moderate drought is hanging on in a small area in north-central Alabama.
That includes two areas, one in Fayette and Walker counties, and another in Marion and Lamar counties.
Last week’s rain did help.
So will the trend continue and Alabama rid itself of drought altogether next week?
Stream flows have also been above average lately, he said.