While drought conditions overall for the State of Iowa worsened slightly from last week to this week, the conditions remained unchanged in the KCII listening area.

Currently 7.45% of Iowa is in moderate drought which includes areas of Jefferson and Wapello Counties. Abnormally dry conditions increased from just over 18% to 19.91% this week. The southern half of Washington County is abnormally dry, as is the southern area of Keokuk County, all of Henry County, and most of Jefferson County.