The big story from the U.S. Drought Monitor for our region is rain. Recent rains are made large scale drought improvement across southwest and west central Kansas. There’s a small area of severe drought in northwest Kansas where the recen rains haven’t been as substantial. Oklahoma and Texas has experienced big improvements, but some residual dryness is evident.
Exceptional drought conditions have been completely eliminated from Texas and Oklahoma for the first time since July of 2012.
Short-term indicators are showing drought-free conditions. Only long-term issues are impacting the southern plains.
Credit http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu