Weather Blog

Still significant areas of drought in the US, but continued improvement in the Ohio valley and mid-Mississippi valley.

Dry and drought conditions continue over wide expanses of the US but have eased considerably in the Ohio valley, Tennessee valley, middle and lower Mississippi valley, and the Pacific Northwest.

Condition Monitoring Report. Drought improvement continues in Ohio valley but drought continues up and down the east coast, in the Great Lakes, northern plains, and the southwest.

The sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, a...