date:Oct 22, 2012
. Thanks to a wetter weather pattern last weekend, extreme or worse drought conditions dropped from 96 percent to 78 percent. Western sections of Kansas represent the majority of the states exceptional levels of drought.
South Dakota: Just three months ago, just 45 percent of the state was in severe drought. Currently, however, 91 percent of South Dakota is in severe or worse drought. With 33 percent in exceptional drought, this week marks the highest percentage of drought at that level in the