Dry conditions remain in northwest Iowa, but they have continued to shrink in the September rains. The area of moderate drought has gone from almost seven percent down to around two percent in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report. The majority of the moderate...
The latest Iowa Drought Monitor shows about 15% of Iowa is abnormally dry or experiencing some level of drought conditions, a big drop from a year ago. Last year at this time a quarter of the state was considered to be in a drought or abnormally dry. This week’s...