The rains of recent weeks have helped the drought situation, but just a little. Here's a look at how rainfall has compared to average over the last two months for some of the counties in the Delaware River basin - a positive number means wetter-than-average. As you can see, by and large, most are pretty close to average. Water levels in the reservoirs that feed the Delaware River have risen to around 65 percent of average, much improved from just a few months ago.

However, we are still in a drought emergency, and this summer will be critical in determining whether this is just a blip or a long-term situation. That's because with higher temperatures come higher evaporation rates and thus faster drying of the ground. Plus, now that plants and trees are green, they're using much of the rain that falls, leaving much less water to go toward replenishing rivers, streams, and water tables.

You can keep track of all the key drought indicators from a web page that I've set up.