The Raccoon Valley Radio area continues to see drought conditions lessen with summer winding down.

According to the US Drought Monitor, a majority of Dallas County is in a moderate drought but a small portion in the northwest corner of the county is abnormally dry. The Northwest corner of  Guthrie County is considered to be not in a drought, while the center to northern half is abnormally dry and the southern part of the county is conisdered to be in a moderate drought. All of Greene County except for the southwestern potion is abnormally dry. The southwest part of Greene County is considered to be not in a drought.

According to the National Weather Service, since August 1st through this past Friday, Guthrie Center has received 1.73-inches of rainfall, Perry has received 1.10-inches of rainfall and Jefferson had 1.27-inches of rainfall. All cities are roughly two inches of rainfall behind their normal average for August.