The dryness of September and practically all of October is being made up for in rapid fashion. The featured chart presents trailing 31, 91, and 365 day precipitation departures for Ames. The analyzed US Drought Monitor category is underlain. The significant rains over the past week have really put a dent in the drought that rapidly degraded this fall. More rainfall is in the forecast for early this week.

Voting:
Good = 13
Bad = 0
Abstain = 4