Georgia maybe headed back toward a meeting with an old enemy.

A report released this morning labels 80 counties in the state as abnormally dry, often a precursor to a drought classification, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Most of the counties included in the area are in the northern and eastern portions of the state, but the dry region includes parts of Floyd, Bartow, Gordon and Pickens counties in the state’s northwest.

Tennessee remains drought free aside from a small pocket of dry conditions in Lincoln and Moore counties on last week’s Drought Monitor, which was declassified this week. Alabama currently has 17 counties listed as abnormally dry, in one pocket in the far southwest and another region in the east central portion of the state.

The Peach State had been primarily free of dry or drought classifications since the middle of May after a historic drought had plagued most of the state since 2007 and some parts since 2006, according to climate data.

So far this year, Atlanta is about half an inch behind normal rainfall figures. Since June 1, official collections are 1.29 inches behind the normal total of 4.91 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

Chattanooga is 2.84 inches behind its average rainfall totals and 1.86 inches behind its normal amount since June 1.