Climate Central: People all across the West, Plains and Southeast continued to hold their breath this week, as another seven days of below-average precipitation and above-average temperatures brought little to no reprieve to the historic drought conditions that have plagued these areas since early last spring. Some areas, such as Texas and Georgia, have been suffering from drought since early 2011.
Conditions deteriorated in several places this week, according to the updated U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday....