Much of the Southeast experienced below-normal temperatures this week, where temperatures were 5°F to 10°F below normal. Florida, Georgia, and parts of Alabama and South Carolina were the exception, where averages were in the 80s—up to 10 degrees above normal. Exceptional precipitation totals (1.5 to 3.0 inches) were recorded across much of Alabama, and portions of Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. Localized accumulations in these areas reached 4 to over 7 inches, representing significant departures of 3 to 6 inches above normal. Weekly rainfall totals of 1.5 to 3.0 inches extended from southern Appalachian region to south-central North Carolina. Exceptional (D4) drought was removed from south-central North Carolina and northeast Georgia, and improved in the Florida Panhandle. Extreme (D3) drought improved across parts of northern Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Rainfall totals were below normal from northern portions of North Carolina, Virginia, and much of the Florida Peninsula, observing deficits of 0.5 to 1.5 inches. Extreme (D3) drought was expanded in central and southern portions of Virginia and slightly into a northern pocket of North Carolina, while moderate (D1) drought to extreme (D3) drought were expanded in southeast Florida.

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