For the past 30 days, the percent of normal precipitation over large swaths of the central and southern Plains and Southwest has been 50% or less of normal in dark orange and red. Over parts of the West and Midwest, precipitation has been considerably above-normal in areas of blue and purple.

#precipitation

Temperatures have largely been much above normal across nearly the entire U.S. for the past 30 days. From Texas to western Pennsylvania, temperatures were 8 to 10 degrees above normal.

#temperature

@DeniseGutzmer Real degrees or freedom degrees?
@wackJackle
Um, what are freedom degrees?
Units on the map are degrees Fahrenheit.