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In summer 2016, severe drought affected the temperate New England and New York area, including a Massachusetts [[2016 New York drought|and New York drought]] that persisted into the fall.<ref name="BGlobe2016">{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/17/after-rainy-october-drought-worsens-november/RXAlHHay1lxe2d7RKNNC1N/story.html |title=Despite all the rain, the drought got much worse |author=Dylan McGuinness |work=[[Boston Globe]] |date=November 17, 2016| access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> While not as severe as other major, more well-known droughts in the south and west where the climate is [[Semi-arid climate|semi-arid]], it was among the most severe for the northeastern region.
In 2020 drought slowly spread through the United States including once again in the Northeast. Though not as severe in intensity as the Texas and California drought of the 2000s.
 
Hydrologist Royce Fontenot said in 2019 that the impact of drought will linger according to the La Niña pattern.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/2019/04/02/hydrologist-says-drought-impacts-linger/3343026002/|title=Hydrologist says drought impacts will linger|last=Grover|first=Hannah|date=April 2, 2019|website=Farmington Daily Times}}</ref>
=== 2019 ===
Hydrologist Royce Fontenot said the impact of drought will linger according to the La Niña pattern.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/2019/04/02/hydrologist-says-drought-impacts-linger/3343026002/|title=Hydrologist says drought impacts will linger|last=Grover|first=Hannah|date=April 2, 2019|website=Farmington Daily Times}}</ref>
 
=== 2020s ===