Weather

Drought Monitor shows hot, dry conditions over past 30 days

The updated Drought Monitor shows that conditions have been hot and dry over the past 30 days, according to the US National Weather Service Memphis Tennessee.

Long-range U.S. and European-based weather models point toward a pattern change late next week. The expected shift is not forecast to bring drastic, drought-busting rainfall, but it could bring high temperatures closer to normal.

Source: US National Weather Service Memphis Tennessee.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."