The concern this summer was if it would resemble the past few years with dry conditions leading to a quickly developing drought. Instead, it is starting to resemble the recent flood years of 2010 and 2008 as illustrated by the featured chart. The chart presents the Iowa areal averaged precipitation for the first 18 days of June since 1893. This year is only one of seven total years with a value over five inches. More rain is falling this morning with another round expected this evening.

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