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Same here, I'm in the Southeastern USA. Monarchs are one of those species I pay attention to, and this spring we had a bumper crop around here. I've never seen so many of the caterpillars and adults in the past 10 years or so I've made an effort to look.
Granted, that's also true for the handful of other butterfly and moth species I keep tabs on, they're all having a really good year this year it seems. Luna moths, several different swallowtail species, Gulf fritillary, regal moths, hummingbird butterflies. About the only thing that I've seen less of this year are the giant hummingbird hawk moths.
But these things do tend to ebb and flow. One year certain "bugs" are everywhere, the next year they're hardly seen. And with the monarch lifecycle being what it is, one good year like this one, even if it's good in more than one region, isn't a guarantee of long term success.