U.S. Drought Monitor shows no more drought in Southern California

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - The National Weather Service of Los Angeles shared California's latest status on the U.S. Drought Monitor Thursday morning. The map shows that, after the latest rains, Southern California is no longer considered to be in a drought or abnormally dry.

The monitor was released around 8 a.m. on Thursday on Twitter.

The Drought Conditions chart shows that, at this time, about 41% of California is considered drought-free.

Just three months ago, in January of this year, about 96% of California was drought-free, however, that number dropped to only 32% or one-third of the state last week.

This is also a notable change from February's map which shows the majority of California as being "abnormally dry."

This time in April last year, the U.S. Drought Monitor recorded 94% of the state being drought-free.