Most of the Raccoon River Valley received at least a little rain this past week, but it still isn’t enough to make a large impact on the drought conditions.

According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, released by the National Climatic Data Center, there are still extreme drought conditions for all of Greene County, the majority of Guthrie County and northern half of Dallas County.  The extreme southeast corner of Guthrie and southern half of Dallas Counties remain in a severe drought.

According to the National Weather Service, Perry has received 1.45 inches of rain so far this month which is less than half the normal precipitation total with just one week left in September.  Jefferson has received just over 3 inches of rain, which brings their total to under an inch less than normal.  And Guthrie Center has received 2 inches or rain so far, compared to their average monthly total of 3.38 inches.