Has the Drought Improved? [1]

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 [2].

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