For the first nine months of the year and based on preliminary estimates by the IEM, 2012 comes in as the third driest on record since 1893 for Iowa. The featured chart displays the yearly totals of precipitation for the first nine months of the year. Only 1988 and 1894 come in with lower totals than this year. We really need a wet fall and winter season to recover the soil moisture in time for the planting season next year.

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