USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey surveys a bleak water-supply picture heading into summer, with early Western snowmelt, drought topping 60% nationally and a possible El Niño...

As extreme weather intensifies, experts walk through six steps growers can take to protect critical irrigation infrastructure, from risk assessment to post-disaster documentation.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey surveys a patchwork U.S. water picture heading into spring, with California reservoirs brimming, Colorado River storage low and southern drought expanding.

Drought expanded across the U.S. in late summer 2025, and La Niña is expected to bring drier-than-normal conditions to the South through winter 2026.

Despite La Niña's end bringing wetter conditions to much of the U.S., western regions continue facing drought challenges with uneven rainfall distribution and reservoir storage...

Over 40% of the US faces ongoing drought conditions, with mixed water supply prospects and hotter-than-normal summer temperatures expected.

Despite a La Niña-esque weather pattern, U.S. drought coverage fell to 38% by late 2024, with improvements in the Northwest and Plains, though persistent dryness...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center projects worsening drought conditions across much of the western and central U.S. through July 2025

November wetness improves drought conditions and water levels across much of the United States.

Drought coverage in the Lower 48 States, after reaching a four-year low of 11.77% in June 2024, nearly tripled to 29.95% by early September.