by Alisa Nelson | May 19, 2023 | Agriculture, News, Outdoors, Weather
Dry conditions have improved across Missouri in the last week, thanks to some much-needed rain. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows the extreme or severe drought conditions have declined compared to previous week. There’s still extreme drought in central Missouri,...
by Ashley Byrd | Jul 1, 2022 | News, Weather
Dry weather is worsening in Missouri, especially the southern half of the state, according to mapping by the U.S. Drought Monitor out of the University of Nebraska. State climatologist Pat Guinan reports “June was overall a hotter-than-average-month for Missouri,...
by Mike Lear | Nov 27, 2013 | Agriculture, News
Two more percent of Missouri is categorized as being in drought conditions according to the latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor, released this morning. A look at the Drought Monitor Map reveals that “abnormally dry” conditions have spread farther...
by Mike Lear | Jul 19, 2012 | Weather
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor illustrates the continued intensifying of the drought across Missouri, and throughout the country. About 23 percent of the state is now in the “extreme” drought stage, the second highest. That touches 16 counties in...
by Mike Lear | Jul 12, 2012 | Agriculture, Weather
One of the tools used by federal officials in assessing drought and making decisions about it is the U.S. Drought Monitor. Its information could play a role in what Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack does with Governor Jay Nixon’s request that every county in the state be...
