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Only 0.8% of Iowa is considered abnormally dry or a D0 category on the U.S. Drought Monitor. This is the lowest category on the scale. The areas of Iowa still under abnormally dry conditions ...
Iowa began experiencing drought conditions July 7, 2020, making this the longest drought since 1954-1959. It has created challenges for farmers and water suppliers.
The U.S. last year harvested a record corn crop despite drought conditions in some areas, and corn prices have hovered around the lowest in more than three ye Iowa's drought conditions have ...
A drought developed in the Western, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States in the summer of 2020. [3] Similar conditions started in other states in August 2020, including Iowa, Nebraska and certain parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Nearly 48% of Iowa still struggles with moderate to severe drought, and about 2% of Iowa — seven counties in northeast Iowa — is still in extreme drought, according to the Drought Monitor that ...
Köppen climate types in Iowa, showing that most of the state is now hot-summer humid continental. Climate change in Iowa encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. state of Iowa. The Des Moines Register reported on specific threat of climate change to agriculture in ...
This drought was very catastrophic for multiple reasons; it continued across the Upper Midwest States and North Plains States during 1989, not officially ending until 1990. [52] The conditions continued into 1989 and 1990, although the drought had ended in some states thanks to normal rainfalls returning to some portions of the United States. [53]
A record number of states are experiencing drought conditions this ... changes for the USDM. Current D0-D4 coverage of 87.16% is a new record. ... Tuesday, and areas from Texas to Iowa will ...