October was a very dry month for almost all of Iowa. The featured chart presents the maximum one day precipitation total for each October on record for Spencer. The 2022 maximum value came in at a meager 0.06" inches, which is within the top five smallest totals on record for the site. The chart also presents a trailing 30 year average and this year is even more exceptional compared with a good number of recent years that had above trend line values. This difference is one of the more concerning aspects to the present situation Iowa faces. Much of the dryness accumulated during recent year growing seasons were erased by very wet falls, which has yet to materialize this year. The good news is that the near term forecast has decent chances of rain arriving later this week, so hopefully we can get some drought busting done yet before winter arrives.

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