Much needed rain fell over much of the state this past weekend. The featured map presents the combination of two day precipitation estimates from the University of Iowa Flood Center and the most recent US Drought Monitor. The central portion of the state in the D0 drought classification fared the best, so the bulk of the rain did not exactly fall where it was needed the most. There is also plenty of fine scale variability, so these types of events often lead to significant differences in crop health over small distances over the coming weeks and even with final yield numbers in the fall. We could certainly use more rainfall events like this one, but the bad news is that we have another mostly dry week in store with plenty of sunshine and hot temperatures.

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