All of the states west of the Rockies are drought-free

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Unseasonably Cool Weather In The Pacific Northwest. While much of America bakes, folks in the northwest are wondering "what happened to summer"? ...

Farmers in parts of Oregon and Washington are struggling with cold, wet weather that's slowing the growth of their crops. Cherries aren't ripe. The region's world-class grass seed won't dry out.

One Oregon county is seeking a disaster declaration after losing as much as 80 percent of its peaches and cranberries.

There's time for the situation to improve, but farmers say they desperately need some warmth and a break from above-normal rainfall.

A Silver Lining To 2011's Extreme Weather?...Yes, there is some good news: the result of record spring snows out west:
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Rain and snow has boosted water supplies for farms and cities and ended the drought in California. The same conditions have improved habitat for desert wildlife and reduced wildfire risk in many areas out West.

More than 60 feet of snow fell in the Sierra Nevada over the winter and spring, second only to the winter of 1950-51. That snow brought enough water to prompt Gov. Jerry Brown in late May to lift a statewide drought declaration ordered in 2008.

All of the states west of the Rockies are drought-free, according to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor.

At the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada, water draining from a record-setting mountain snowpack has transformed this desert oasis, expanding marshes now teeming with birds and wildlife and creating the largest wetlands in the past five years. More than 20,000 acres are flooded, providing habitats for waterfowl and other wildlife.

The fire risk to forests across much of the Northern Rockies, Pacific Northwest and Northern California has been substantially reduced by snowpack and a cooler- than-average spring.