October is typically Alabama's driest month.
Parts of southwest Alabama are really feeling a rainfall deficit in the past week. And the forecast for the next seven days appears to be on the dry side for most of Alabama.Drought conditions expanded some across Alabama this week -- and they could get worse with no widespread rain on the horizon.released its weekly snapshot of U.S. drought conditions on Thursday, and it showed drought conditions expanding across the the state in the past week.
The report said 30.60 percent of Alabama is in the D1 category, which is considered moderate drought. That’s an increase from 24.40 percent last week.And 2.30 percent of Alabama is experiencing D3 drought, or extreme drought. That’s unchanged from last week. The driest spots in the state are in southwest Alabama’s Mobile, Escambia and Conecuh counties, parts of which are in the D3 drought.
Part of northeast Alabama is in moderate drought. Much of west Alabama is abnormally dry as well, according to the report.
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