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Heat dome brought warmer temps for holiday season

A heat dome brought warmer temperatures as the holiday season came to a close, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Read More

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Hit-and-miss rain story late of late summer

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Country’s midsection receives good dose of rain



The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Additional rain benefits High Plains

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

High Plains moisture brought relief to drought conditions

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Helene was the No. 1 weather story

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Remnants of Helene miss the High Plains

A chemical applicator drives through a field to spray nitrogen onto a field. (Photo by Tom Campbell, Purdue Agricultural Communications.)

Midwestern Regional Climate Center develops Soil Temperature Climatology Tool