Even though storms in the North Georgia area this past week brought downed trees and power outages, they also brought enough rain to keep drought conditions at bay.
This week's map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows the northeastern part of Georgia is drought-free, although some other parts of the state are pretty parched.
"Abnormally dry conditions are starting to show up in the northwestern part of the state over by Floyd County and up toward Chattanooga," said AccessWDUN meteorologist John Wetherbee.
In fact, a large portion of Floyd County has a moderate drought designation.
"There are drier conditions across the Coastal Plains, especially from Statesboro all the way down to the Okefenokee Swamp," Wetherbee said.
Earlier in the week, University of Georgia climatologist Pam Knox told Georgia News Network there are enough abnormally dry areas in South Georgia to stress crops like corn and peanuts. She pointed to extreme heat and lack of rain as factors.
Overall, there is less drought coverage in Georgia this week than last week; no areas are designated as severe, while 2.15% of the state was under that level of drought a week ago.
Follow this link to see this week's map and an explanation of varying drought designation.
