Nevada Drought – Page Note

Nevada's drought severity held steady at 75% this week, unchanged from the prior week. While the month-over-month trend is encouraging—down 6.7 percentage points from 81% last month—the longer-term outlook is concerning. Year-over-year, drought has intensified by 35.8 percentage points (from 55%), and current conditions now run 35.8 percentage points above the 5-year median, indicating this drought is more severe than typical seasonal patterns for this time of year. Continued monitoring is warranted as summer progresses.