Iowa has ended a nine-week run where the U-S Drought map showed no color for dryness of any kind. The DNR’s Jessica Reese McIntyre says the northwest, southern and eastern areas of the state are back to abnormally dry, with a slice of moderate drought along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa. McIntyre says the rainfall slowed after what was the second wettest July on record and conditions got progressively worse through September. McIntyre says we don’t have the potential to see above normal precipitation for the next three months according to the National Weather Service.
