Temperatures were mixed across the region this week. Western areas were 2–4 degrees above normal, with some pockets of greater departures in New York and Pennsylvania. Coastal areas were near normal to slightly below normal. Northern New England was the wettest part of the region, with portions of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine recording 100–150% of normal precipitation for the week. Farther south, precipitation decreased, with mostly dry conditions in southern New Jersey, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Moderate drought expanded across most of southern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware. In Virginia, moderate and severe drought expanded, with severe drought pushing north into southern Maryland. In West Virginia, abnormally dry conditions expanded across much of the state, while moderate drought expanded across southern and eastern areas. In northern Vermont, New Hampshire, and far northwest Maine—areas that received the most precipitation—abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions improved. Similar improvements were observed in far eastern Massachusetts.

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