Iowa is less than 1% away from being completely drought free, according to the latest US Drought Monitor report.

Record rainfall in July has nearly the entire state of Iowa drought-free, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report ...

Summer rain has been a frequent occurrence and continues to put a dent in drought conditions in the state, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Drought conditions first developed in southern Ohio in June, but it didn’t reach Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan until late August. Now, all 48 states in the contiguous United States are ...

The site also has current drought-related news, the current United States and Missouri drought maps and the Missouri Drought Mitigation and Response Plan.

Map of drought conditions in the Northeast U.S.© Google Earth, U.S. Drought Monitor The Delaware River overlooking Trenton, N.J. flows downstream as seen from from Morrisville, Pa., on Nov. 25 ...

It is an assessment based on conditions up to Tuesday morning. So if a drought area gets a bunch of rain on a Tuesday, Wednesday or early Thursday, it won’t be reflected in the current drought map.

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Drought conditions in Colorado improve with recent rainfall and snow. Southeast and eastern Denver plains see reductions thanks to precipitation earlier this week.

"Good news there, that does not reflect in this week's drought monitor map. We'll see what happens from that coming up next week," said Bianchi. Colorado sees drought reduction after recent rains ...