The U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday, September 3 showed drought and/or abnormally dry conditions continue to improve in the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England but deteriorate in northern New England and parts of New York. There were generally limited changes elsewhere in the region.

• Extreme drought was erased from the Northeast.
• Severe and/or moderate drought was reduced in the region’s southeastern corner but expanded in Maine.
• Abnormal dryness eased in parts of the southeastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware, and New Jersey but spread in western Maine, New Hampshire, and New York.
• Seven-day streamflow was record low in a few spots including Maine and central Maryland.
• Groundwater levels were record low in several areas including southern Maryland, parts of New Jersey, southeastern Massachusetts, and southern Maine.
• The short-term outlooks for September 8-16 predict below- or near-normal precipitation and near- or above-normal temperatures for most of the Northeast, conditions that could pause improvement in southern parts of the region and potentially lead to deterioration in some northern locations.

For more information, see the Northeast DEWS Dashboard (to see the full Northeast, click on the grayed-out Pennsylvania in the map in the top left) and the Northeast Drought Update. Submit drought impact reports via the Condition Monitoring Observer Reports (CMOR) page.