Drought conditions in the Raccoon River Valley area remain the same as last week, ranging from normal to moderate drought.

This week’s storms did help our precipitation totals for the month though.

While the last couple weeks may have felt wet, all three of our weather reporting stations in the area show we’re more than 2 inches behind our normal monthly rainfall amounts with just over a week left to go in May.

According to the National Weather Service, Perry received 0.72 inches of rain this week, bringing the total amount to 2.25 inches so far this month.

Jefferson received 0.32 inches of rain, adding to their total of 3.45 inches in May.

And data from this week’s thunderstorms in Guthrie Center are missing.  The latest report shows they’ve registered 2.68 inches so far.

All three areas typically get between approximately 4.5 and 5 inches of rain during the month of May.