YOU SEE HOW THAT MILD AIR JUST EXPANDS ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS A GOOD SHOT ... WAY FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE DAKOTAS INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

Texas–Oklahoma and the Heartland, the western Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes, the northern High Plains and Upper Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest and northern California," the Almanac says.

Winter moisture has helped ease stress and another cold stretch expected, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.