Our drought continues to get worse as our extreme drought conditions covered 62% of the state last week and is now 68% this week. We need some tropical rain here to help out. Since April 1 here is how much rain we are below normal up to today:

Waterloo: -10.08″
Dubuque: -9.53″
Cedar Rapids: -8.58″
Iowa City: -7.60″

The latest forecast track for Tropical Storm Isaac takes it somewhere between Louisiana and Florida. Looking at tropical data tonight I found this little gem of data. The map below shows the most rain fall each state has gotten from the remnants of a tropical system. The remnants of Tropical Storm Candy in 1968 brought Iowa an average of 5.29″. We would like to have that much rain over a 5 day period but not in 24 hours.

By the way click here for some information about Tropical Storm Candy in 1968.

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