Rainfall was difficult to come by in July for Iowa. The featured map is an analysis of July total of daily NWS COOP rainfall reports. There are a few zeros on the map north and east of Omaha! To have a dry month is a rare event, but for that month to be in the middle of summer is even rarer. Even the lucky spots in the state that got upwards of four inches were below average for the month. The first part of August and the near term forecast do not hold out much hope for the hot and dry weather to change anytime soon.

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