The U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday, August 27 showed drought and/or abnormally dry conditions improve in the Mid-Atlantic and southeastern New York. However, conditions deteriorated in northern New England and central New York. There were generally limited changes elsewhere in the region.

• Severe and/or moderate drought was reduced in West Viriginia and along a path from the Delmarva Peninsula to New York’s Long Island but expanded in Maine and Vermont.
• Abnormal dryness was erased from parts of the Mid-Atlantic, southeastern New York, and central New Hampshire but spread in places like central New York, eastern Vermont, and northern New Hampshire.
• Record-low seven-day streamflow was confined to only a few spots in coastal New Jersey, New York’s Long Island, and central Maine.
• Seven-day streamflow was below normal or lower in coastal New Jersey, eastern Massachusetts, central and northern New York, and much of northern New England.
• Groundwater levels were record low in several areas including central and southern Maryland, parts of New Jersey, southeastern Massachusetts, and southern Maine.
• The short-term outlooks September 1-9 predict near- or above-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures for the Northeast, which could potentially bring improvements to locations that see notable rainfall amounts or keep conditions unchanged in areas that see less.

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.