Drought conditions in Iowa have increased by a tenth of a percent from last week to this week. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, currently 23.24 percent of the state is abnormally dry and a fraction of a percent is in moderate drought. At this time last year, 6.8 percent of Iowa was in severe drought, 57 percent was in moderate drought and 82.3 percent of the state was abnormally dry.

At this time nearly all of Minnesota is abnormally dry with 88.2 percent in moderate drought.