There is now less areawide drought on the US Drought Monitor map than at any time since this past spring.
The Thursday update has Lyon County almost completely removed from drought, save for the far northwest and southeast corners. The southeast half of Chase County is removed from drought, as is far north Coffey, far northwest Greenwood, all of Osage and the southeast quarter of Wabaunsee counties.
Abnormally dry conditions cover the northwest corner of Chase County, as well as most of Coffey, Greenwood and Morris counties.
Much of the area, including the vast majority of Lyon County, was out of drought in the May 23 update, but the area was in moderate to extreme drought by mid-June. A year ago, the north half of the KVOE listening area was abnormally dry, but the south half deteriorated from moderate drought to exceptional drought the further south you went.
