More than half of California was “abnormally dry” just days into the new year, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor’s latest update.

As of Friday, areas of “moderate drought” were isolated to Southern California while a sliver of the state near the Oregon border was under “severe drought,” the Drought Monitor said.

“Abnormally dry” spots could be found in northern and central California as well as the southwestern corner of the state.

Here’s a look at drought conditions across California:

How much drought?

As of Friday, about 40% of California was in drought, according to the Drought Monitor’s weekly map showing drought intensities across the nation.

That’s a decrease of more than two percentage points compared to Dec. 24, when about 43.4% of the state was under drought conditions.

About 31.5% of California was under moderate drought conditions as of Friday and 5.7% was under severe drought conditions, the map indicated.

According to the Drought Monitor map, the drought-affected area covers all of Inyo, San Diego, Riverside and Orange counties, as well as most of San Bernardino County.

Meanwhile, 59.1% of California was battling abnormally dry conditions as of Friday, the Drought Monitor said.

That included much of the Central Valley and the wider Bay Area as well as parts of Merced, Kings, Fresno and Stanislaus counties, the drought map indicated.

While there have been average temperatures across the western region in recent weeks and rainfall totals of more than 1 inch in Northern California, “moderate drought was expanded” in southern California, researchers wrote in a weekly national drought summary.“Abnormal dryness was expanded in parts of California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico this week,” the researchers said.

Drought status?

As of Friday morning, an estimated 18.5 million California residents were living in drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Reservoir levels?

As of Friday, California’s two largest reservoirs — Shasta Lake in Shasta County and Lake Oroville in Butte County — were at 77% and 69% capacity, respectively, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

Folsom Lake east of Sacramento was at 37% capacity, state data indicated.

According to the state water resource agency, San Luis Reservoir in Merced County was at 69% capacity, and Pine Flat Lake in Fresno County was at 46% capacity.

San Luis Reservoir in Merced County was at 69% capacity, and Pine Flat Lake in Fresno County was at 46% capacity, state data show.

Lake Nacimiento was at 53% capacity on Friday, according to the Monterey County Water Resources Agency.

Located in northern San Luis Obispo County, the reservoir supplies water to both Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties.

San Antonio Lake in southern Monterey County was at 70% capacity on Friday, according to the water resources agency.