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Rainfall was widespread across parts of Louisiana and the southern half of Mississippi and far southeast Texas, and scattered parts of Arkansas saw heavier rain amounts. In the western Florida Panhandle, and adjacent parts of Alabama and Georgia, recent heavy rains were quite beneficial for soil moisture and streamflow and alleviating precipitation deficits, leading to some two-category improvements there.

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As the full impact of the recent rains becomes clearer, further changes to the Drought Monitor depiction may be made. Mandatory water restrictions in Appalachia, Virginia continued, despite the weekend’s rain. In some locations, recent rainfall, while helpful towards alleviating drought, was not sufficient for a full category improvement. In areas where longer-term deficits were not significant, improvements were more widespread, as streamflows and soil moisture deficits have also recovered.

Elsewhere, improvements were widespread in areas that received heavier rainfall, which helped to alleviate precipitation deficits from the last couple of months. In areas that missed out on heavier rains, short-term dryness and declining streamflow led to expansion of moderate drought and abnormal dryness in some parts of eastern South Carolina, eastern North Carolina, and southeast Georgia. A mix of scattered cooler-than-normal and warmer-than-normal temperatures occurred across the region, though most places were within 4 degrees of normal for the week. The heaviest rains fell from northern Georgia and far northeast Alabama and eastern Tennessee into the western Carolinas and much of Virginia. Widespread heavy rainfall, some of it exceeding 2 inches, fell across much of the Southeast region this week, continuing a wetter recent trend. In Genesee County, New York, some home wells have run dry, forcing residents to haul water. Near Buffalo, recent precipitation helped to alleviate some of the ongoing abnormal dryness, but moderate and severe drought continued farther east. This week’s precipitation was sufficient to improve short-term precipitation deficits, streamflow, and soil moisture enough for improvements to areas of severe and moderate drought and abnormal dryness, primarily from the Philadelphia area southwest into Maryland. Otherwise, above normal temperatures were widespread, especially near the Great Lakes, where readings ranging from 6 to 10 degrees above normal were common. Temperatures were primarily 2 to 6 degrees colder than normal in northeastern New England. Moderate to heavy rains fell on much of the eastern half of the Northeast region this week, where amounts locally exceeded 2 inches, especially on parts of the East Coast.

For more local information, please see the regional summaries below. Rainfall from last week’s Kona low in Hawaii led to further improvements across parts of the state this week. Northwest of the heavy rains, drought and dryness expanded in some spots in Arkansas and in parts of the Upper Great Lakes and Midwest, as short-term precipitation shortfalls grew amid lowering streamflows and soil moisture. Widespread improvements to drought conditions occurred with these heavier rains, though they were somewhat tempered by ongoing long-term precipitation deficits in some areas. Widespread moderate to heavy rain fell with showers and thunderstorms from southeast Texas across much of the Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. Aside from parts of the Rockies in Colorado and southeast Idaho and northwest Wyoming, mainly drier weather occurred from the southwest United States through the Great Plains and Upper Midwest. While precipitation amounts were hefty, improvements to drought were primarily confined to lower elevation areas, given the higher snow levels with this system. Heavy precipitation fell this week across parts of the Pacific Northwest, associated with an atmospheric river.