SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO. AND WE SAW BO OUT THERE BY THOSE FLAGS. A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE OUTSIDE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOYING BEING OUT AT GRAY’S LAKE. DAVID. IT’S GOING TO BE DRY, THOUGH, FOR A WHILE. YEAH, WE’VE SEEN SOME DRY WEATHER HERE FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO. YOU REMEMBER WE HAD THAT RECORD RAINFALL BACK IN JULY, BUT SINCE THEN THE TAP HAS BEEN KIND OF TURNED OFF. AND SO FAR THIS MONTH, WE’VE ONLY HAD A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL. SO THAT PUTS US MORE THAN A HALF INCH BELOW AVERAGE. AND YOU LOOK AT THE PAST MONTH OR SO, SINCE MID-AUGUST TO MID-SEPTEMBER. NOW WE’RE RUNNING ALMOST 3.5IN BEHIND ON RAINFALL HERE IN DES MOINES. NOW, NOT EVERYBODY IS THAT FAR BEHIND. AMES YOU’RE ACTUALLY ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA, WE’VE NOT SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF RAINFALL. AND THAT HAS CHANGED THE DROUGHT MONITOR RECENTLY. JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IOWA WAS DROUGHT FREE. BUT NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS THAT HAVE RETURNED ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. WITH NOT MUCH RAIN IN THE FORECAST, THAT’S LIKE
Dry conditions return to Iowa
After record rainfall in July, drought conditions are beginning to return to the state.
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Updated: 2:15 PM CDT Sep 12, 2025
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After very soggy weather across the state earlier this summer, including the wettest July on record in Des Moines, abnormally dry conditions have returned to Iowa for September.Rainfall so far this month has been on the low end for Des Moines, with only a 1/2 inch of rain falling so far. This puts the city more than a 1/2 inch behind on average rainfall for the month. Dry, but nothing too far from ordinary.However, when looking at the time period from mid-August to mid-September, we see a more noteworthy departure. Since Aug. 10, Des Moines has only seen 0.85 inches of rain. We should normally pick up over 4 inches of rain in that period, putting Des Moines around 3.3 inches behind average.With the lack of rain, especially over central and southern Iowa, the national drought monitor now shows portions of southern Iowa in the abnormally dry category. With limited rainfall expected over the next week, those dry regions are likely to expand.
DES MOINES, Iowa — After very soggy weather across the state earlier this summer, including the wettest July on record in Des Moines, abnormally dry conditions have returned to Iowa for September.
Rainfall so far this month has been on the low end for Des Moines, with only a 1/2 inch of rain falling so far. This puts the city more than a 1/2 inch behind on average rainfall for the month. Dry, but nothing too far from ordinary.
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Rain this month in Des Moines
However, when looking at the time period from mid-August to mid-September, we see a more noteworthy departure. Since Aug. 10, Des Moines has only seen 0.85 inches of rain. We should normally pick up over 4 inches of rain in that period, putting Des Moines around 3.3 inches behind average.
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Rainfall departures across the state for the last month
With the lack of rain, especially over central and southern Iowa, the national drought monitor now shows portions of southern Iowa in the abnormally dry category. With limited rainfall expected over the next week, those dry regions are likely to expand.
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Abnormally dry conditions have returned to southern Iowa this month
