The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor update showed 62% of Texas is now covered by some form of dryness/drought, up roughly 7 percentage points from the previous week. The monitor showed drought receded in Oklahoma (down 13 points), Kansas (down 8.5 points), Nebraska (down nearly 11 points) and South Dakota (down 6 points) over the past week. Dryness drought still covers 82% of Oklahoma, 29% of Kansas, 69% of Nebraska and 80% of South Dakota. Drought levels were unchanged over the past week in Colorado (96%) and Montana (100%).
Drought is not a concern in SRW areas, with the monitor showing only portions of Missouri, northern Illinois and Arkansas experiencing abnormally dry or moderate drought.
Drought continues to engulf virtually all of white winter wheat areas of the Pacific Northwest.
USDA says 43% of U.S. winter wheat areas are experiencing drought conditions, unchanged from the previous week.
Click here to read this week’s Drought Monitor summary.