And here is another way to look at droughtseverity in the US for June going back over 100 years (higher numbers wetter, negative numbers are more drought), again from the NOAA. 2012 is utterly unremarkable.
Preliminary data computed from the Palmer DroughtSeverity Index shows that 54.6 percent of the contiguous 48 states was in drought at the end of June, the highest percentage since December 1956, and the sixth-highest peak percentage on record.