Drought in Lee, Alabama

Drought May 1, 2026 – May 31, 2026 · Lee, Alabama

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lee County began May in Extreme (D3) drought, which improved to Severe (D2) county-wide by mid month.

The wider storm

Worsening drought conditions continued into early May across Central Alabama. Following a severe weather event on May 6-7 in which 3 to 5 inches of rain fell across southern counties of Central Alabama, conditions began to slowly improve. A pattern change came by mid-May as ridging retreated off the East Coast and a persistent troughing setup over the Central U.S. served to return moist southerly flow to Alabama. With it, rainfall increased drastically across the region, and drought conditions improved by late month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1329079. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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