The February 2021 outlook favors a colder- and wetter-than-average month for much of the northern and central United States.
Drought conditions across a large swath of the Western United States are unlikely to improve during May, according to the Monthly Drought Outlook from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.
Summer thunderstorms are likely to improve drought conditions in the Southwest, but drought will likely persist across much of the West.
The June climate outlook favors a hotter-than-average start to summer for the southern and eastern United States and a cooler-than-average June for the north-central and northwestern U.S.