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Moderate to heavy precipitation improves drought conditions in Great Plains

This week, moderate to heavy precipitation fell over the northern Great Plains, parts of the Upper Midwest and much of the south-central and northeast U.S. This led to widespread improvements in drought conditions and abnormal dryness in these areas, as precipitation deficits ... Read More

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Drought worsens in northwest Kansas

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Areas of Extreme and Exceptional Drought expand in western Kansas



Degradation continues in South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas

Moderate to heavy rains improve conditions in some areas as drought expands in others

  • By By Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center

Drought persists in the West as heavy rainfall improves conditions in Great Plains and Midwest

  • By By Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center

Extreme drought forms or expands in parts of the central plains

  • By By Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center

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Heavy snow falls in Kansas, Colorado, improving ongoing drought

Mostly dry weather in High Plains region as Southern Plains receives widespread rainfall

Heavy rain improves drought conditions in central US

  • By Deborah Bathke, National Drought Mitigation Center