The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has released the latest US Drought Monitor update. Things are looking up for the Great Plains. Kansas has experienced beneficial light-to-moderate precipitation, and Colorado saw some precipitation fall as snow. While parts of Eastern Kansas and Oklahoma are experiencing abnormally dry conditions and even moderate drought, the western plains areas of those states seem safe for now.
Likewise for the Texas Panhandle, which seems to be avoiding drought conditions for the time being. The only exception lies in the area near Childress and Quanah, which has been experiencing short-term abnormally dry conditions in the short term. But the areas farther north in the Panhandle have seen healthy precipitation recently.