Precipitation has been below normal for much of the US in the first third of 2026.

[denisegutzmer@mindly.social]

Precipitation has been below normal for much of the US in the first third of 2026. Parts of the western Great Plains and the Southeast have received 50% or less of normal, while the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and southwest Arizona got 25% or less. Precip was much above normal around the Great Lakes.

#precipitation

https://hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?map=ACISClimateMaps