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Drought conditions across the contiguous United States as of July 30, 2024. In the West, small pockets of extreme (red) and exceptional (dark red) drought were present in Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. In the East those categories of drought appear only in South Carolina and in the border area of West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. A fairly large area of the West was at least abnormally dry (yellow), as were the Mid-Atlantic and the Southern Appalachians. Map by NOAA Climate.gov, based on data provided by the U.S. Drought Monitor project.