U.S. Drought Monitor: Some Expansion In Kansas and Oklahoma

During the summer we focus on the crop growing regions in the center of the country unless, as happens every few years the southeast gets exceptionally dry and it appears that Georgia is preparing for war against Florida (or vice versa if you prefer your vice, versa, Florida Man).

From the University of Nebraska-Lincoln via Drought.gov, conditions through June 9, released June 11:

National Drought Summary...

Percent Area of the U.S. Land Area (Full Statistics)(link is external)

Week	None	D0-D4	D1-D4	D2-D4	D3-D4	D4
This Week 6/09/2020	67.53%	32.47%	17.89%	7.05%	1.50%	0.00%
Last Week 6/02/2020	69.84%	30.16%	16.70%	6.45%	1.07%	0.00%

Percent Area of Contiguous U.S. in Palmer Drought Index Moderate to Extreme

Last Saturday 6/06/2020	13.07%
Previous Saturday 5/30/2020	14.29%
New data is posted on Tuesdays.

Last Week Drought Change

Percent Area in Continental U.S. - Weekly Change (Full Statistics)(link is external)

Change Between	None	D0-D4	D1-D4	D2-D4	D3-D4	D4
6/09/2020 6/02/2020	-2.31%	+2.31%	+1.19%	+0.60%	+0.43%	+0.00%

Although they didn't show the map this week, for agriculture we actually prefer the Palmer Drought Index.