Well, Now We Know

Just noticed this article that indicates parts of Arizona are "officially" no longer in drought:

The drought is officially over for parts of the Southwest, a National Drought Mitigation Center official said Thursday.

The majority of the region was dropped from drought status and is now considered abnormally dry, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a consensus of experts that integrate weather data with observations on crops, reservoirs and other factors.

"All of the Southwest has recovered significantly from the drought conditions. Parts of the Southwest have recovered completely," said Michael Hayes, climate impacts specialist at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

I was wondering who would get to officially declare it over. These folks sound official enough to me. Northeastern Arizona is still considered in drought, though.