The latest US Drought Monitor map of Iowa shows no red areas indicating extreme drought. DNR Hydrologist Tim Hall says we’ve been seeing red for a long time.
It is a big turnaround, but not all the color has washed out of the drought map.
Hall has continually said we need weekly rains every month to turn things around, and that’s the pattern we’re now in.
He says depth of the drought is evident in the lack of any major flood issues.
Half of the state’s annual rainfall usually comes in May through August, and Hall says if we are above normal in any of those months, we could go a long way toward pushing all the drought colors off the map.
