The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows dry conditions in Oklahoma are getting dryer.
“Paints a really nasty picture for SE U.S. through Oklahoma into the High Plains,” is how Gary McManus of the Oklahoma Mesonet put it in Thursday’s report.
The Panhandle and southeastern Oklahoma are in areas described as where the “drought persists” while much of the rest of the state is in an area where
the “drought development is likely.”
“A very unwelcome visitor, Extreme (D3) drought has made an appearance in the state for the first time since Oct. 20, 105,” said McManus. “Granted, it’s but a small sliver across far southern McCurtain County, but this connects to the area in the SE U.S. where bigtime drought is going strong, becoming one of their worst droughts in history.”