• During the late summer and fall, Georgia depends on tropical
weather to bring much-needed rain. This fall has been very dry
with most of the state receiving less than 70 percent of normal
rain. Many locations in the Coastal Plain and coastal Georgia
have received 50 percent or less of normal rain over the past
three months. Drought conditions have expanded over the past
three months to include most of Georgia. The major exceptions
are north-central and northeast Georgia, where conditions are
rated as abnormally dry. Additionally, Bibb, Crawford, Macon,
Peach and Houston counties are classified as being abnormally
dry. During the late summer and fall, Georgia depends on
tropical weather to bring much-needed rain. This fall has been
very dry with most of the state receiving less than 70 percent
of normal rain. Many locations in the Coastal Plain and coastal
Georgia have received 50 percent or less of normal rain over the
past three months. Soil moisture conditions along the Georgia
coast into southeast Georgi