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'Different Flavors Of Drought': What One Wet Summer Could Mean For Arizona's Megadrought
Download mp3 (10.09 MB)One wet summer in Arizona is not going to be nearly enough to reverse the effects of the decades-long drought the region is facing. But there has been some incremental improvement.
On June 1, the U.S. Drought Monitor characterized at least half the state as experiencing exceptional drought — the worst condition possible on the scale.
As of Aug. 17, only one patch in northeastern Arizona was in the exceptional drought category.
And southeastern Arizona — which had been in the exceptional drought category on June 1 — had moved into the moderate drought category, a dramatic difference.
Mike Crimmins of University of Arizona’s Department of Environmental Science took part in a Southwest Drought Briefing on Aug. 24. The Show spoke with him to learn about some of his findings.
