North Central, Northeast Iowa Regions Still Drought Free

It’s “status quo” for drought conditions, or the lack thereof, across North Central and Northeast Iowa in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor for Iowa. 

Based on precipitation through 7 am Tuesday, May 6th, there are no areas of drought anywhere across the region for the second week in a row. All of Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, Winnebago, and Worth counties, plus the vast majority of Bremer and Black Hawk counties, remain rated D0 for abnormally dry.

About the northeast third of Cerro Gordo County, eastern third of Butler County, southwestern third of Fayette County, and a small northeast corner of Grundy County are also considered abnormally dry, with the remaining areas of those counties drought-free.

Almost all of Franklin and Clayton counties, plus all of Hardin and Wright and the majority of Hancock counties are also rated drought-free.