(Dry Soil - KIWA Staff Photo)Iowa (RI) — The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows Iowa is now entirely free of drought and abnormally dry conditions.
October brought above-normal rainfall to much of the state, ending with statewide precipitation about two-tenths of an inch above normal.
That moisture helped eliminate the last remaining area of abnormally dry conditions that lingered into early November. Most of that dryness was located in northwest Iowa, which has been the driest part of the state for much of the year.
