#DroughtMonitor 2/18: For the 6th week in a row, drought worsened in the Southwest, but less than previous weeks and a few improvements mixed in.

Large parts of CA, the South/Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic improved.#Drought2025 Footprint: 33.4% of UShttps://t.co/a7q2jKPfan @NOAA pic.twitter.com/JEmYIBIPXj

— NIDIS Drought.gov (@NOAADrought) February 20, 2025