For the first time in six years, there is no drought in Oklahoma.
Let me repeat that with bold letters if necessary, “THERE IS NO DROUGHT IN OKLAHOMA.”
Don’t take my word for it. Check out the drought monitor courtesy of Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet.
“So as you can see from the top graphic, Oklahoma is now free of ANY color from the US Drought Monitor intensity scale: D0-D4,” he pointed out in the Thursday report from the Mesonet.
“Remember, Drought Monitor drought is D1-D4, while the D0 is saved for the non-drought designation “Abnormally Dry Conditions,” signifying areas going into or out of drought. And, well, this week those D0 areas from last week did indeed go out of drought, for the first time since June 25, 2019. That’s nearly a year in dog-years, 6 in actual years, and 37 in Gary-working-on-
drought-monitor years. It’s been a LONG 6 years, in other words.”
