Precipitation continues to be elusive for parts of the state this summer. The driest area has been west central Iowa with the featured chart highlighting the year to date precipitation total for Carroll, Iowa. This year's accumulated total is plotted along with the yearly max, min and envelope of period of record data. The 2020 total is currently below the driest year of 1980 for the year to date period. About the only thing that is saving the driest areas of the state is the wet end to 2019 and mostly saturated soil moisture profile to start off the growing season. Conditions are expected to continue to deteriorate with hot and dry conditions prevailing for the near term future.

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