Weather.com - Jon Erdman, 4/25/13
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/U.S. Department of Agriculture/National Drought Mitigation Center
As of late April 2013, drought has been wiped out of the Ohio and mid-Mississippi Valleys, Alabama and most of Georgia. Drought improvement has also been noted in parts of the Plains and Rockies.
We've had a series of winter storms produce heavy snow in parts of the Rockies and Upper Midwest. In some locations, this snow set April records.
More: Weather.com