Here is how those determinations are made: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/About/AbouttheData/DroughtClassification.aspx. Summer rainfall does not generally help relieve longer term drought conditions that are dictated by year-on-year water budgets but can help sustain vegetation over the short term.
101.7 on my pws in suburban sprawl hellacape next to a field with corn planted. Easton's meso hit 98, did not look at Easton airport which would be closer to downtown Easton vs the meso which is at the wwtp on the Choptank
Drove on 662 today south of Wye Mills and there are still trees hanging on the power lines. Tree crews and utilities were still working to clean everything up.