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Drought maps from the National Drought Mitigation Center indicate the intensity of drought conditions, and changes over time. White indicates no current drought conditions, yellow indicates abnormally dry, light orange indicates moderate drought and darker orange indicates severe drought. There are two other drought conditions not present in Arizona: extreme drought and exceptional drought.

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It’s not as bad as it was a year ago, but Arizona’s drought conditions grew over the first half of 2016.

By Les Bowen June 3, 2016