Another week, another stable report from the US Drought Monitor.
The latest weekly map still has Lyon, Chase and Osage counties in moderate drought, along with northwest Coffey, southeast Morris and southeast Wabaunsee counties. Greenwood County still ranges from moderate drought north of Madison to exceptional drought along and south of US Highway 54.
The Drought Monitor’s weekly maps for the KVOE listening area have stayed consistent since a heavy rainfall event in early November. Wednesday’s rain came too late to affect the map with the Drought Monitor’s data collection deadline every Tuesday.
Nearly 40 percent of Kansas remains in exceptional drought, the worst on the Drought Monitor scale. Kansas still has the highest percentage of exceptional drought coverage nationwide. Oklahoma is second at 12 percent, followed by Nebraska at 10 percent.
