2012 will go down as one of the drier years on record for Iowa as shown by the featured graph of preliminary estimates for the state. This past year was the driest since the drought of 1988 with only a handful of other years drier since 1900. After four of the wettest years on record between 2007-2010, these past two have bucked the recent trend. While the calendar has changed, the drought of 2012 will roll on into 2013 and has near-zero chance of being busted before springtime.

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