Statewide Iowa — Looking back on the weather this year Iowa flirted with some major drought issues before seeing relief.
The DNR’s Tim Hall tracks hydrological issues and says some communities did get to a point where their water sources were getting very low.
The concern increased as drought levels continued to get worse.
Hall says Iowa also was fortunate that when the rain came it wasn’t overwhelming for most areas.
Hall says the rainfall situation is always about location and one big storm can make a difference.
Hall says the state was able to build back some of the water reserves lost toward the end of the year with fall rains. He says things are not totally back to a perfect situation but are much better than when the drought was growing.
