Rainfall across the Southwind District has been spotty at best for several weeks now. The US Drought Monitor was recently updated on Aug. 25. It now has most of the area in a D2 intensity — classified as a severe drought.
Unfortunately, the long-range projection doesn’t show the drought breaking anytime soon. As Kansans, however, we all know that could change and we could go from a drought to a flood in the matter of a few days. I’m not hoping for rainfall like that, but several inches in the upcoming weeks would be welcome.
Heat and drought stress has…
