FARGO — As the end of summer nears, unwatered lawns are looking a whole lot greener than the dry, brown grass of the past several summers.

The entire state of North Dakota is officially out of a drought for the first time in just over three years, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

The week including Aug. 12 was the first time since early August 2022 in which there were no moderate drought or worse conditions in the state, according to Lindsay Johnson, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The far northeast corner of North Dakota and the far northwest corner of Minnesota still have "abnormally dry conditions” but are not in a drought.

“Clearly, North Dakota has been receiving enough of what they need, at least hydrologica

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