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https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?AZ https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonito... 0% of Arizona is currentl

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?AZ https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonito... 0% of Arizona is currently or Extreme or Exceptional drought (the most severe categories). 13% of AZ is in severe drought. Not sure what defines megadrought, but sounds scary.

addisonl 4y ago
Megadrought is a drought lasting at least two decades. SW has been in a drought for 22 years, hence the megadrought label. Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/western-megadrought-is-the-worst-in-1-200-years/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/western-megadroug...
parrellel 4y ago
Look at some of the less summarized data tables and you can see that Arizona hasn't been at all out of drought since August 2020. So 2+ years of unending drought conditions, even if the category isn't all the way up to Extreme at the moment. Now, it could now be that the graph needs to be re-zeroed, but that's no help to any farmers. Edit: Or, you could go with the official definition directly below my musing.