It’s been more than a year since all of New Hampshire was completely drought-free, and despite some spring and summer rain, drought has returned to a central swath of the state as fall approaches. Meanwhile, in some parts of the southeast and Seacoast, it never went away.

That’s despite last winter’s snowfall totals, which were close to typical by historical standards, scientists said. Yet that snow contained less water, reducing its mitigating effect on the drought. It’s an example of how stretches of more “normal” conditions are not always enough to overcome impacts from increasingly extreme weather — a pattern that tracks with scientists’ understanding of how climate change manifests in New Hampshire, according to State Climatologist Mary Stampone.

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