That is the true cause of the drought. Meanwhile, we just got 2” of rain in 36 hours. 7” last September. Colorado has not been this green in decades.
I went through my old home of NE New Mexico last year. It was the first time in my 67 years I saw it GREEN!
The first time! It has always been dry, hot dry, dead dry, dry dry!
Whereas, my other home area in NW New Mexico was just as dry as it has always been, with lots of Arizona blowing over into New Mexico.