No Change: Northeast Iowa Still Rated in Moderate Drought 

There’s no change across the region in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor for Iowa. 

Based on precipitation through 7 am Tuesday, April 15th, northeast Iowa remains rated under a “D1” blanket of moderate drought. That includes all of Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Howard, Fayette, Floyd, and Mitchell counties, along with almost all Delaware County.

Once again this week, the western three-quarters of Cerro Gordo, Franklin and Worth counties, along with the northeast three-quarters of Grundy County, remain in the DO category for abnormally dry, with remaining areas of those counties in moderate drought. All of Hancock, Winnebago, Kossuth, and Wright counties, plus the vast majority of Hardin County are also rated abnormally dry.