Below, you can look back at past drought conditions for Iowa according to 3 historical drought indices. The U.S. Drought Monitor is a weekly map that shows the location and intensity of drought across the country since 2000.

To see or report current drought impacts, please visit the Drought Impacts Toolkit, where you can find impacts from media in the Drought Impact Reporter and from citizen scientists and other volunteer observers under Condition Monitoring Observations.

The Drought Monitor summary map identifies general areas of drought and labels them by intensity. D1 is the least intense level and D4 the most intense. Drought is defined as a moisture deficit bad enough to have social, environmental or economic effects.

The U.S. Drought Monitor released every Thursday shows the latest drought conditions across the state of Iowa.

View current drought conditions for Iowa County, Iowa, and explore impacts on Water Supply, Public Health, and Agriculture.

View current drought conditions for Des Moines, Iowa, and explore up-to-date precipitation, temperature, and streamflow data within Polk County.

2024年9月12日 · While Iowa remains drought-free, abnormally dry conditions have spread across the state. About 65 percent of the state is currently experiencing abnormal dryness, up 22 percent from last week,...

2025年1月14日 · Below, you can explore current conditions, labeled by intensity, at a national or state level. The D1 through D4 categories indicate drought from moderate to exceptional. D0 is used for "...

2024年7月11日 · Only 0.8% of Iowa is considered abnormally dry or a D0 category on the U.S. Drought Monitor. This is the lowest category on the scale. The areas of Iowa still under abnormally dry...

2024年10月24日 · Networks of sensors linked to networked computing enable us to continually monitor—and map—the State of Iowa. Drought occurs when a region has an imbalance between water supply and water demand over an extended period of time.