For the past several weeks, Nebraska and Iowa have been in an active weather pattern with several days of showers and storms rolling across the region. Thankfully, the severe weather has been kept to the low side, and it’s been bringing beneficial rain to our neighborhoods. Since June 23, most of us have picked up 4-8″ of rainfall, which is about as much as we see in 2 months!
What effect has this rain had on the drought? A lot, and in the good direction!
For our baseline, this was the drought map from June 24, right as the active pattern began. The yellow shading is “abnormally dry”, which is not a drought category, but either a developing or…..