U.S. Drought Monitor Map Showing More Dry Areas

The latest U.S. Drought monitor map is showing more color, which is not what the state needs to see, as that indicates more drought. 

DNR hydrologist Tim Hall says there’s just a small patch of clear area on the map near the Missouri border – but 98-percent of the state is now at least in abnormal dry, if not drought, conditions. Hall says the concern level is not very high at this point.

That comes after a September that was the driest in the history of state weather records.

Hall says precipitation normally drops off each month as we head through fall and into winter, and it usually isn’t a big worry.

Hall says the concern will increase if we continue to see dry months into spring.

story courtesy of Radio Iowa