Once again, there’s not much change in the overall drought conditions this week.

According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, from the National Climatic Data Center, there are still severe drought conditions in the southern half of Dallas County and southeast corner of Guthrie County.  The rest of the Raccoon River Valley, including all of Greene County and the remainder of Dallas and Guthrie Counties are still suffering from an extreme drought.

According to the National Weather Service, Perry received 2.88 inches of rain in August – that’s 1.2 inches less than normal.  Jefferson received 2.9 inches last month – one inch shy of their usual 4 inches of rain.  And Guthrie Center received 1.7 inches less than normal – with a total of 2.7 inches falling in August.

In September, Perry usually gets around 3.1 inches of rain, Jefferson just under 3 inches and Guthrie Center typically gets about 3.4 inches of rain this month.

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