Weather.com - 12/27/12, Chris Dolce
Extreme and exceptional drought, the worst categories on the U.S. Drought Monitor, are on the rise again.
The graphic above from meteorologist Matt Sitkowski at the The Weather Channel shows this with the peak occurring back in August followed by a decline in the fall and now a rising percentage as we close out the year. When just examining the worst category "exceptional drought", the United States will end the year with its highest percentage in this category so far in 2012.
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