While Washington County received an influx of rain this week, the latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions have spread.

All of Washington County is now experiencing abnormally dry drought intensity, with Keokuk, Iowa, and Johnson counties also experiencing abnormally dry to severe drought conditions and dryness creeping into the northern halves of Jefferson and Henry counties. The northern half of the state is experiencing abnormally dry to extreme drought conditions. The weather summary from the most recent Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report notes above-average temperatures and below normal precipitation were observed last week. The statewide average was .57 of an inch while the normal is .95 of an inch, and much of southern Iowa reported only a few tenths of an inch of rainfall. Topsoil moisture levels rated 24% very short, 40% short, 36% adequate, and 0% surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 27% very short, 42% short, 31% adequate, and 0% surplus.