Drought Monitor: Quiet Weather Continues Across South

Alaska and Hawaii: No changes were made for the week in Alaska. For Hawaii, a dry week has led to the expansion of D0 across the state, with D1 conditions developing across Kauai and Niihau. The Lihue Airport on Kauai is on pace for its driest December on record. So far, only 0.07 inches have fallen for the month, compared to the previous record of 0.51 inches. Mt. Waialeale, also on Kauai, has only received 1.32 inches of precipitation thus far for December. The previous record-low December total there was 3.07 inches. Meanwhile, the average December precipitation for Mt. Waialeale is more than 45 inches!