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Howard County Parched As Most Of Missouri Gains Moisture

March 10, 2023 11:45AM CST
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Howard County Parched As Most Of Missouri Gains Moisture
Drought conditions in Missouri as of March 7th 2023. (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.)

Most of Missouri is trending out of drought, but one county in the middle of the state is going in the opposite direction.  The weekly US Drought Monitor shows the eastern and central parts of Howard County entering abnormal dryness in the past week, even as Boone and Callaway counties exited post-drought coverage.  A majority of Cooper County is also abnormally dry, remaining one of the longest-impacted regions in Missouri.

The downgrade in Howard County’s condition comes as the last patch of drought in Missouri continues to shrink.  Just the western edge of Barton County and southwestern corner of Vernon County remain in moderate drought, while southern Jasper and western Newton counties return to normal moisture.  Abnormal dryness in Atchison and Scotland counties are unchanged, resulting in 3.1 percent of Missouri experiencing moderate drought or abnormal dryness.

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