...of rain in July, but Georgia State Climatologist David Stooksbury says extra rain only slowed the drought's progression...Clemson University Cooperative Extension office; David Stooksbury, Georgia's state climatologist

...Deal moved the post of state climatologist to squelch bad news. For years, a University of Georgia professor, David Stooksbury, held the position, but Deal assigned it to an employee of the Environmental Protection Division, Bill Murphey...

...Deal moved the post of state climatologist to squelch bad news. For years, a University of Georgia professor, David Stooksbury, held the position, but Deal assigned it to an employee of the Environmental Protection Division, Bill Murphey...

...Georgia got worse in May, with the southern half of the state experiencing the worst effects.State climatologist David Stooksbury said Tuesday that conditions are expected to get worse with little rain and high temperatures over the next several...

...probability that for the next eight weeks or so it will be drier than normal and warmer than normal," state climatologist David Stooksbury said.As of May 1, the rainfall deficit for the area was already at 0.41 inches.Stooksbury blamed La Nina...

...state have deteriorated from extreme to exceptional drought, the highest drought category," state climatologist David Stooksbury wrote in his monthly update.Richmond and Columbia counties remain in extreme drought, the second-worst category...

...temperatures over the next several days, conditions are expected to only get drier," wrote Georgia state climatologist David Stooksbury, in his monthly update.Counties now classified as being in severe drought include Hancock, Warren, McDuffie...

...to the National Weather Service.It was just another warm month in a summer characterized by state climatologist David Stooksbury as one of the hottest ever recorded."For Augusta, with 138 years of data, 2011 was the warmest summer on record...

...flood-producing downpours, the state is getting more drought, she said.Gov. Nathan Deal fired Knox and state Climatologist David Stooksbury in Septem ber, replacing them with a meteorologist in the state En viron mental Protection Division.Like much...

...Parts of southeast Georgia, including Savannah, are 20 inches below normal rainfall totals for the past year.David Stooksbury, Georgia's state climatologist, said he doesn't see much chance of significant rain until at least mid-August...