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2026 Drought Discussion

MichelleH

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Since there wasn't a dedicated thread to talk about drought conditions this year, I made one. Please post all drought-related discussions here and not on the severe weather or tropical weather threads. Thank you!
 
Definitely one of our driest stretches in recent memory. We are getting some much-needed rain tonight over MS/AL/GA, but it won't get rid of the worst of it in S GA and SE AL, which could seriously impact farmers.
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Finally hearing rain on the roof here in metro ATL for the first time in what feels like at least 2-3 weeks. Boy it has been just about dry as a bone

ETA: It's from the tiniest little storm, too. Just about 3 miles across. I'll take it!
 
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Not a promising forecast for the South through the next 2-3 weeks. GA is going to be in a pretty bad way by the end of the month. FFC has already said this is our worst drought since 2011-12.
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With any Georgia Luck™ we'll be dealing with prolific flooding in July, because that's just how the dice rolls for us when it comes to precipitation.
 
I can garuntee that the entirety of southwestern PA probably got enough rain for atleast a couple weeks. The creeks are still overflowing their banks in some spots and the ground is the most saturated I can remember.
 
Clancy said:
With any Georgia Luck™ we'll be dealing with prolific flooding in July, because that's just how the dice rolls for us when it comes to precipitation.
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Oh absolutely. We'll probably make up the year's deficit in 48 hours on some weekend in August. Just hoping i can get through summer ball before the heavens open. Get me to July 6th and then it can rain as much as it wants.
 
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68% of the state of Georgia and 30% of the Southeast is in the "Extreme Drought" category now. GFS showing no rain at all for most of the region through just about the end of the month. NWS hourly view has us in the ATL metro flirting with 90° next week. Praying for a pattern shift soon or it'll get ugly this summer.
 
bckhd2 said:
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68% of the state of Georgia and 30% of the Southeast is in the "Extreme Drought" category now. GFS showing no rain at all for most of the region through just about the end of the month. NWS hourly view has us in the ATL metro flirting with 90° next week. Praying for a pattern shift soon or it'll get ugly this summer.
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Heat sucks, drought sucks, but now we get to have them together, yayyyy. Really hoping this trend doesn't continue into May, or, god forbid, through the summer. Could really spell trouble for people with less stable water supply and critically impact the agricultural sector, particularly in Middle Georgia into the coastal plain.
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bckhd2 said:
Yeah I'm worried about agriculture as a lot of fruit is starting to come into season just about now. I wonder if water restrictions are being considered, in terms of people watering their lawns and such. Worst part is there's not even any relief coming soon.
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They might have to impose limits if it keeps up. I wonder when the last time that happened was for different parts of Georgia.
 
Upstate SC here. Had our guy with a tractor till the garden a week ago; it didn't seem to go as deep as last year. Went out yesterday to put in tomatoes and about 3" down the ground was hard as concrete; my hand trowel wouldn't even scratch it. Drove a big screwdriver in with a hammer and pried sideways; the screwdriver bent. Ended up using an old wood auger bit in my cordless drill to break the soil up and even that was tough. As hard as the substrate is under the topsoil I don't think water will penetrate it.

Almost never seen the ground so hard and dry here this early in the year- I didn't realize it was this bad. Hope the rest of the garden is softer.
 
Here in metro Atlanta, grass is starting to shrivel up and die on roadsides and in yards. Patches of exposed soil are thoroughly dried and cracked. Shrubbery still seems to be thriving, however.
 
The Little League kids have said sliding on the dirt fields feels about like sliding on concrete now that the clay has dried and hardened up. The league's been putting a little water down before games to at least try to keep some of the dirt in the park, but there's just not much you can do when it hasn't rained for a month and you have 2+ games per day on each field. At least we've only had 2 rainouts so far this spring!
 
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