Widespread rainfall has been difficult to come by recently as shown by the featured chart. The chart attempts to estimate the areal coverage of the state that has received a total of one inch of precipitation within the period of the trailing seven days. Rewording, what portion of the state has seen an inch or more over seven days. Since mid July, our rainfall events have been widely scattered and you can see the change in coverage from the wet period in June. Precious rainfall is falling this morning over Iowa with more chances in the forecast.

Voting:
Good = 10
Bad = 6
Abstain = 6