It was a relatively dry week here in the Raccoon River Valley.

According to the National Weather Service, Guthrie Center received 0.1 inch of rain this past week, Perry has been dry and Jefferson’s data is still not available for April.

So far this month both Perry and Guthrie Center have received around a quarter of an inch of rain while the normal monthly average for April is between 1.3 and 1.4 inches.