Abnormal Dryness Expands Into Oregon County
July 30, 2021 10:14AM CDT
Drought conditions in Missouri as of July 27th, 2021. (The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.)
A fifth county in South Central Missouri has entered abnormal dryness in the past week. USDA’s Drought Monitor indicates that the eastern and central portions of Oregon County are now in pre-drought stage, joining areas of Carter, Reynolds, Shannon and Wayne counties that have been impacted for the past month. This remains the only patch of abnormal dryness in Missouri, accounting for over 2.1 percent of the state’s land.
