Montgomery County and the entire region of Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma remain in the extreme drought category, according to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor map.

 

A majority of the region varies between the extreme drought tier and the exceptional drought tier, which are the two most severe tiers of drought recorded. The extreme level is classified as pasture conditions are poor, emergency water supplies are needed and river levels are low.

 

The state of Kansas has 33% of its area in the Exceptional Drought category, which is the highest percentage since February 2013 and currently the largest percent area in D4 for any U.S. state, Oklahoma is second at 21%.