The U.S. Drought Monitor continues to show areas of the Southeast that are suffering through lack of rainfall.
An extended stretch of counties along the west coast of Florida are in an extreme drought. These include Levy, Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. Most of the rest of Florida is either in a severe drought or moderate drought. The worst conditions extend from Hamilton, Columbia, Baker and Nassau counties in North Florida to Collier and Monroe counties in South Florida.
Georgia’s driest conditions remain in the southeastern area of the state. It starts in Echols and Clinch counties and extends northeastward to McIntosh and Liberty counties along the Atlantic coast. Another stretch of abnormally dry conditions is observed in southern Georgia, extending from Quitman and Stewart counties along the Georgia-Alabama state line to Coffee and Jeff Davis counties.
Abnormally dry conditions are also observed in southern Alabama. They start in Mobile and Baldwin counties along the Gulf of Mexico and extend northeastward through Conecuh and Butler counties to Barbour and Russell counties along the Alabama-Georgia state line.
Only a few counties along the eastern area of South Carolina are abnormally dry. These include Charleston, Dorchester, Berkeley, Orangeburg, Clarendon, Williamsburg and Georgetown counties.
The driest conditions in North Carolina are isolated to the northeastern area of the state.