The sporadic showers of this summer’s monsoon season haven’t been enough to lift Southern Nevada out of federal drought conditions, according to a Tuesday report from the Nevada State Climate Office.

Following a dry winter for Southern Nevada’s Spring Mountains, monsoon season hasn’t delivered for the region, either. Most of Southern Nevada remains under at least a designation of “moderate drought,” with pockets of extreme drought in Nye, White Pine and eastern Clark counties.

Nearly two-thirds of the state was experiencing drought as of last Tuesday, a significant increase compared with last year, when only 28 percent of the state had been in drought. The data comes from the U.S. Drought Monitor , a tool breaking down a map of the country by drought conditions.

“The Drought Monitor inc

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