As of September, more than “94% of the state is drought-free, which is the largest percentage of zero drought that we’ve seen in three and a half years. At the end of August last year, over 50% of the state was in D3-Extreme Drought.”
The West overall has also seen improved conditions. While some parts of Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Montana and New Mexico have seen patches of increased drought, the Great Basin “is almost entirely drought-free, except for a stubborn area of central Utah,” the authors note. Drought conditions have improved significantly in California, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.