HeyJaredUNL Drought Monitor
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Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 24-29 (opens the original)
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The pattern of hot and dry conditions in the south with heavy rainfall to the north of the high-pressure system continued over this past week. The highest precipitation amounts were from eastern Iowa and southeastern Minnesota eastward through southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois and into Ohio and West Virginia. Localized areas in this region received 6 to 8 inches of rainfall. Northeastern Kansas and northern Missouri received 3 to 5 inches, with western Nebraska to southeastern Montana pickin
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 17-23 (opens the original)
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Last week, several areas received significant rainfall. One area was over Iowa, eastern Nebraska and Kansas, and northwest Missouri, where more than 4 inches fell in central Iowa and southeastern Kansas. Another area was centered over Ohio, West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania, where conditions were already wet. Much of Florida and the Gulf Coast received 2-4 inches of precipitation in the past week. Most of the southwest U.S. received little rain, except for scattered monsoonal precipitation
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 10-16 (opens the original)
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Drought and abnormal dryness continued to expand or intensify this week across parts of the central and south-central United States as flash drought conditions continued from much of Texas northeast to the middle and lower Mississippi River Valley. Warmer-than-normal temperatures, ranging from 10-15 degrees above normal in much of the central Great Plains, Corn Belt and Missouri, combined with mostly dry weather in these areas supported worsening drought. Drier weather also continued this week i
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 3-9 (opens the original)
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Drought and abnormal dryness continued to expand or intensify this week across parts of the central and south-central United States as flash drought conditions continued from much of Texas northeast to the middle and lower Mississippi River Valley. Warmer-than-normal temperatures, ranging from 10-15 degrees above normal in much of the central Great Plains, Corn Belt and Missouri, combined with mostly dry weather in these areas supported worsening drought. Drier weather also continued this week i
Weekly Drought Report: Aug. 27-Sept. 2 (opens the original)
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Dry weather continued this week across much of the central U.S., especially from the southern Great Plains to the Mississippi River Valley and Corn Belt. Flash drought conditions were occurring across a large area spanning from Texas northeastward to Oklahoma and southern Kansas, southern Missouri, Arkansas, northern Mississippi and portions of far western Tennessee. Because most of these areas were drier and warmer than normal, drought and abnormal dryness expanded and intensified, with widespr
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