After months of moderate drought conditions, the Connecticut Interagency Drought Workgroup voted last week to eliminate the remaining drought designations for all of the state’s counties.
At the peak of the drought in early fall, four counties had reached Stage 3, a level not seen since 2016, the workgroup says. Stage 3, or moderate drought, is followed only by Stage 4, severe drought, and Stage 5, extreme drought, according to the Connecticut Drought Preparedness and Response Plan.
At the same time, the U.S. Drought Monitor, which measures drought differently, said parts of Connecticut were in extreme drought, the second-highest of its five levels.