Drought conditions in Minnesota are getting worse and spreading.

For the first time this season, Anoka County in the north metro and areas near St. Cloud and Rochester have reached extreme drought conditions while a large swath of east-central Minnesota, including most of the metro area, has reached severe drought levels, according to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor.

The report released every Thursday shows where drought is happening in the United States and how bad it is.

This week's report included precipitation that fell through 7 a.m. Tuesday and did not include Wednesday's storms that brought more than an inch of rain to some places and barely a trace to others.

Officially, just five-hundredths of an inch of rain fell at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport while places such as Rogers, St. Michael and White Bear Lake picked up an inch or more, according to National Weather Service observers.

"It was a Band-Aid for some," said Mike Griesinger, a meteorologist with the weather service in the Twin Cities. "It was enough for some to slow things down. It may have bought us a week."

But the scarcity of rain — June was the second-driest on record in the Twin Cities — has allowed drought conditions to expand, a real concern with a prolonged heat wave on the way.

Neither Minneapolis nor St. Paul has enacted watering bans, but officials in both cities say odd-even watering restrictions are under consideration. Restrictions could be put in place if the Mississippi River reaches the drought warning phase as flow continues to trend downward. The river is currently in a drought watch, Minneapolis city spokeswoman Sarah McKenzie said.

In St. Paul, the City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution allowing St. Paul Regional Water Services to implement restrictions if conditions warrant them. So far, they have not reached that level, director Pat Shea said.

Other than a slight chance for showers on Friday and Saturday, the next week looks hot and dry as air parked over the southern and southwestern United States — where the mercury has been consistently above 100 degrees for weeks — breaks off and moves into Minnesota.

"We have a good opportunity to notch more 90s next week," Griesinger said.

The forecasted high for Tuesday is 95 degrees, followed by 97 on Wednesday, which would be the hottest readings of the season in the Twin Cities.