Well speaking from what my former profession was, when abnormally dry conditions hit in the winter and spring there is a growing concern because that is when municipalities stockpile water. The reason they want natural help is because aquifers stay good and reservoirs are good to go for summer. When spring and summer hit thats when demands jump and thats typically our dry seasons(late summer). And if groundwater levels fall too much then what happens is when waters are released from reservoirs the ground along they way soaks it up before it gets to where it needs to be. So early dry isn't great from a long term perspective.
So yeah, i don't like drought conditions to come about mainly because it take a long, long, long, long time of surplus rains to get things back to square. Heavy dumping rains don't do that well. Constant steady rains over a prolonged period do.