Drought Monitor for Missouri
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a portion of the Ozarks is in abnormally dry to moderate drought conditions.
Summer is notorious for “hit and miss” storms which rarely put rain down fairly or evenly. But a more long term dry condition has been identified for the area colored in on the inserted map.
Areas of Webster, Wright, Douglas, Ozark, Dent, Howell and Shannon Counties are abnormally dry while Oregon County and areas east are in a moderate drought.
A precipitation deficit for this area for the last 90 days shows up over the mild drought area with nearly normal precipitation elsewhere. The rainfall deficit for the area can actually be traced back even further than 90 days.
One way to wipe out these summer mini-drought regions is through tropical storm remnants although the rain pendulum often swings too far the other way in these cases!
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