Drought is affecting all but 5 US states

Data from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s drought monitor shows that 45 U.S. states are currently experiencing drought. Of the five  that are drought-free — Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Alaska and Hawaii — only Ohio is "completely clear of any abnormally dry conditions whatsoever."

As Joe Wilkins explains in Futurism, "Some of the hardest hit states in the union include Colorado, with 96.5 percent of the state experiencing D1 levels of drought at a minimum, and 9.3 percent of the state under extreme D4 conditions. North Carolina is also parched, with at least 90.4 percent at D2 or above — characterized by voluntary and mandatory water use restrictions in some areas — 7.02 of which reaches the unholy threshold for D4." In the west, "drought deterioration was commonly observed across roughly the northern half of the region, amid significantly above-normal temperatures and mounting water-supply concerns."