#drought2025 — Public Fediverse posts
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Drought cost the western U.S. $3.1 billion in 2025. Read more in the annual drought summaries: https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/DroughtSummaries.aspx
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Months without rain cut the hay season short in Florida. In addition, southwest Florida was under a Phase I Water Shortage in December.
Read more in the December drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ef9e99717bc94f84877b7f2eb0c51424
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In December, above-normal precipitation improved conditions in parts of the western U.S.
Read more in the December drought climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/dcb4366d00bd41cd899ba70a82205a3b
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Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: diciembre 31, 2025
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Learn about planning for drought at https://drought.unl.edu.
#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2025
Find maps, data, impacts and more to track #drought, #drought2025 and #drought2026.
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Drought improved in parts of the Northwest, West and Upper Midwest in the past week but expanded and intensified in parts of the south, especially Tennessee and Mississippi, and in small areas across the Great Plains.
See more change maps: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMaps.aspx
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US Drought Monitor 12-31-25
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 35.9% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 34.75% last week.
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Additional drought monitoring tools are available on our website. https://drought.unl.edu/Monitoring.aspx
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How dry or wet are conditions in your area? Share reports to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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Dryness or drought worsened in parts of the High Plains and South, with an area of improvement in southern Texas. Alaska also saw degradations.
Conditions improved in the Pacific Northwest and Montana, plus Hawaii. Parts of the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest saw mixed conditions.
See more change maps: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMaps.aspx
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Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: diciembre 24, 2025
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US Drought Monitor 12-24-25
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 34.75% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 33.99% last week.
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Utah’s snowpack levels range from low to very low across much of the state, causing drought to worsen this week.
Much of the West is in a snow drought, with snow water equivalent levels lagging significantly in most of the region for this time of year. This is because recent warmer temperatures have caused precipitation to fall as rain instead of snow.
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The November Dry Horizons roundup of drought research and news is now available: https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/DroughtSummaries.aspx.
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How dry or wet are conditions in your area? Share reports to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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Dryness or drought worsened in parts of the Northeast, Alaska and Puerto Rico this week. Conditions improved in parts of the Pacific Northwest (with an area of degradation in Oregon) and parts of Hawaii. Parts of the Southeast, South, Midwest, High Plains and West saw mixed conditions.
See more change maps: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMaps.aspx
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Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: diciembre 18, 2025
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US Drought Monitor 12-18-25
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 33.99% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 33.81% last week.
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In the December 2025 edition of Dry Horizons:
➡️ Day zero droughts could occur by 2030
➡️ A hotter and drier climate in the Amazon is affecting trees
➡️ Hindu Kush Himalayas are experiencing more snow droughtsDry Horizons is a monthly roundup of drought research and news. Read more: https://mailchi.mp/unl.edu/dry-horizons-december-2025
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This year, the NDMC became the cohost for the North Central U.S. Climate and Drought Outlook webinar series. These free webinars provide timely information on current climate and drought conditions.
Check out the series on our YouTube page and subscribe for monthly updates: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGiQUg5u7hps3c553Dy6cA1LaSnXuDEQ
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This week’s CMOR photo is from Sublette County, Wyoming.
“This area should have a foot of snow at this time. We are on our second year of drought. Soil moisture is nonexistent and Spring is in question.”
Submit your photos: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
#drought #drought2025 #US #CMOR #photos #citizenscience #Wyoming
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New course alert 📣
Drought Risk and Impact Assessment provides the knowledge and tools to transition from hazard-focused to risk-based drought management.
NDMC's Kelly Smith, drought impacts coordinator, and Cody Knutson, planning coordinator, contributed their expertise to a number of course modules.
Learn more: https://waterclimatecommunities.info/course/drought-risk-and-impact-assessment
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The Florida Panhandle and central Peninsula area received beneficial rains this week. This erased an area of exceptional drought and improved severe and extreme drought. However, this moisture was not enough to completely resolve long-term precipitation deficits. Abnormal dryness and moderate drought worsened in the southern part of the state.
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The November drought climate and impacts summaries are now available: https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/DroughtSummaries.aspx.
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How dry or wet are conditions in your area? Share reports to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
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Parts of the South and Southeast saw mostly improvements, with a few areas of degradation. The rest of the continental U.S. saw a mix of improvements and degradations this week.
See more change maps: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMaps.aspx
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Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: diciembre 11, 2025
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US Drought Monitor 12-11-25
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 33.81% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 34.76% last week.
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Drought conditions across the South and Hawaii led to widespread fire activity and precautionary measures.
Learn more in the November 2025 drought impacts summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bbf372b0c1304a0fabbbb68d01dc5a0f
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During November, above-normal precipitation markedly improved conditions in parts of the Southwest and Northeast, and in a few other areas.
Learn more in the November 2025 drought climate summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b18623111c6c476b9f88a7b9601971ff