Much-needed rainfall continues to help alleviate a lot of the drought conditions present in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Southeast Alabama is drought-free, as well as most of central and southern Georgia and nearly all of Florida.
Alabama’s worst drought conditions are mostly concentrated to the central and northern areas of the state. Extreme drought is observed in Northeast Alabama in Shelby, Jefferson, Talladega, Saint Clair, Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Cherokee, Dekalb and Marshall counties. Colbert and Lauderdale counties in Northwest Alabama are also in an extreme drought.
Georgia’s driest area is observed in the northern part of the state, including Chattooga, Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin, Union and Towns counties. One area in Southwest Georgia is abnormally dry, including Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster, Sumter, Randolph, Terrell and Lee counties. Another area in Southeast Georgia is abnormally dry, including Liberty, Bryan and Chatham counties.
Only Escambia and Santa Rose counties are abnormally dry in the Florida Panhandle, while the west coast remains dry, including extreme dry conditions in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota counties.