""Right now 61% of the country is in drought and that's steadily been going up for the calendar year. We just haven't seen too many springs where this amount of the country has been in this kind of shape.""
""It would take 19 inches of rain in one month to break the drought in eastern Texas and more than a foot of rain to solve the deficit for most of the Southeast, NOAA calculated.""
""The sponginess of the atmosphere - or how much moisture the hot, dry air is sucking up from the land it's baking - is 77% above normal and more than 25% higher than typical levels.""
Drought conditions in the contiguous United States have reached unprecedented levels, with over 61% of the Lower 48 states experiencing moderate to exceptional drought. The Palmer Drought Severity Index recorded its highest March level since 1895, and last month was the third-driest on record. The West faces low snow levels due to record heat, while a separate drought affects the South. Significant rainfall is needed to alleviate drought conditions, with climatologists noting the unusual extent of drought across the country this spring.
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