Parts of the Southeast are still experiencing dry conditions. They’re mostly concentrated in the northern areas of Alabama and Georgia, along with southern Florida.
This is according to the most recent release of the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Florida’s abnormally dry conditions are observed as far north as Dixie, Gilchrist, Alachua, Bradford, Clay and Saint Johns counties. Moderate drought stretches from Hernando and Pasco counties along the western coast, southeastward to Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Alabama’s dry conditions range anywhere from abnormally dry to severely dry conditions, mostly located in central and northern Alabama. Severe drought is observed in parts of Clarke, Choctaw, Sumter, Marengo, Hale, Perry and Wilcox counties in Southwest Alabama; as well as Lowndes and Autauga counties in central Alabama. Parts of Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Limestone and Madison counties in North Alabama are severely dry as well.
Moderate drought is observed in multiple areas in Georgia as well. They are seen in Miller, Early, Baker, Mitchell, Dougherty, Calhoun, Clay, Randolph, Terrell, Lee, Worth, Turner, Crisp, Sumter, Dooly, Wilcox and Pulaski counties in the southwestern part of the state; as well as in Glynn, Brantley, Wayne, Long, McIntosh and Liberty counties in the southeastern part of the state.
Parts of North Georgia are moderately dry as well. These include Chattooga, Walker, Dade, Catoosa, Whitfield, Fannin, Union, Towns, Rabun, Franklin, Hart, Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe and Lincoln counties.