This week’s CMOR photo is from Chilton County, Alabama.
“Areas that are normally wet in the spring are DRY. The first 4 months of this year we have only had 19.2” vs 27.7” last year… We had to feed hay deeper into spring due to lack of ryegrass growth and have started supplementing our calves a month early to make up for grass that’s not available.”
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Much of Colorado is feeling the effects of low snowpack this spring. Basins in southern Colorado are reporting very low snow water equivalent levels, with the San Miguel-Dolores-Animas-San Juan River Basins at 26% and Upper Rio Grande Basin at 21% on May 1. These lagging numbers, along with a dry week for Colorado, drove dryness and drought expansion in the state.
Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: mayo 1, 2025
The 2024 annual reports are now available on our website. https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/AnnualReports.aspx
How dry or wet are your local conditions? Share reports to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
Mostly improvements occurred across the Great Plains and parts of the Midwest, while mostly degradations occurred in parts of the West. Parts of the Eastern U.S. saw mixed conditions. Degradations also occurred on Hawaii’s Big Island.
See more change maps: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMaps.aspx
US Drought Monitor 5-1-25
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 31.03% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 32.9% last week.
The latest DroughtScape contains first quarter drought summaries, NDMC project updates and more. Read newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/unl.edu/droughtscape-spring-2025
Mark Svoboda and Kelly Smith are at the Water for Food Global Conference at the Nebraska Innovation Campus this week. The event is hosted by the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute.
The conference convenes 400 leading experts and organizations from around the globe to explore water and food sustainability research, expand technologies and share knowledge. (1/2)
📸: DWFI
This week’s CMOR photo is from Washington County, Oregon.
“This is my backyard. No lawn watering had occurred this year at the time I took this photo. Everything is nice and green.”
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#drought #drought2025 #US #CMOR #photos #citizenscience #Oregon
Join us for a #webinar about the U.S. Drought Monitor this Thursday, May 1.
Participants will learn more about the USDM process, how they can contribute, what programs the USDM triggers, and how state assessment teams can coordinate input to the USDM authors. You will also have a chance to ask questions and provide feedback to USDM authors.
Register today: https://go.unl.edu/usdm-workshop-may-1-2025
Florida has been drier than usual over the past few weeks, driving widespread drought expansion in the state. This week, much the state has also been seeing slightly warmer-than-normal temperatures.
These warm and dry conditions are contributing to wildfires across the state. As of April 24, there were 89 wildfires in Florida burning over 2,854 acres, according to the Florida Forest Service. There are currently burn bans in 16 counties.
Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos
Mapa publicado: abril 24, 2025
The April Dry Horizons roundup of drought news and research is now available. Read more on our website. https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/DryHorizons.aspx
How dry or wet are your local conditions? Share reports to CMOR: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought
Degradations occurred in parts of the Southeast. Improvements occurred across parts of New Hampshire and Alaska. The Midwest also saw improvements, with degradations in Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri. Mixed conditions occurred in parts of the High Plains and West, plus Hawaii.
See more change maps: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/ChangeMaps.aspx
US Drought Monitor 4-24-25
For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 32.9% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 32.56% last week.
In the April 2025 edition of Dry Horizons:
➡️ El Paso facility will use novel purification to help ‘drought-proof’ water supply
➡️ Delaware Climate Office unveils website to track drought conditions
➡️ Drought among the causes for bird population losses in the Midwest
Dry Horizons is a monthly roundup of drought research and news.
Read more: https://mailchi.mp/unl.edu/dry-horizons-april-2025
This week’s CMOR photo is from Morton County, #Kansas.
“Starting to get dry, but not unusually dry. Had great moisture in November that is carrying us through. Green wheat looks fantastic. Most native grass is breaking dormancy, most trees and shrubs are leafed out or beginning. All we need is a good rain and everything will be great for crops and wildlife. Pheasants in the ditches and bobwhites whistling.”
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Drought worsened in New Mexico this week as the state’s basins continue to have very low snow water equivalent levels. Low snowpack levels over the winter have dried out vegetation, which could lead to wildfires. Parts of the state are in a red flag fire warning as of April 17.
