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Alternate Text: October 2022 Drought Outlook. Browns over western US indicate drought is expected to remain. Greens over Mid-Atlantic indicate where drought removal is likely. Yellows over Gulf Coast and Plains indicates where drought improvement is favored.
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October 2022 Drought Outlook. Browns over western US indicate drought is expected to remain. Greens over Mid-Atlantic indicate where drought removal is likely. Yellows over Gulf Coast and Plains indicates where drought improvement is favored.

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Drought outlook for the Lower 48 U.S. states in October 2022. Brown indicates areas where experts forecast drought will persist or worsen. Green areas mean drought is likely to end. Climate.gov map from Data Snapshots, based on data from the Climate Prediction Center.