Image courtesy of U.S. Drought Monitor

Not much has changed in drought conditions in the Raccoon Valley Radio listening area.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, all of Greene and Guthrie counties, and the northwestern three-quarters of Dallas County are in a severe drought. The southeastern quarter of Dallas County is in a moderate drought.

According to the National Weather Service, this past week, Perry has seen the most rainfall of the three counties with 0.15-inches, Jefferson had 0.03-inches, and Guthrie Center didn’t have any measurable precipitation this past week. For September, Perry reported 3.19-inches, Guthrie Center had 3.05-inches and Jefferson had 2.99-inches of precipitation.