This is not near the worst drought we have seen. We saw severe to extreme droughts in 2007, 2008, and 2010. The 2007 drought lasted for 7 months. This is a very large drought encompassing most of the country. Cincinnati is only in a marginal, but worsening, drought here at this time:
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/palmer.gif
