Drought Information

Continued hot, dry weather saw an expansion of abnormally dry conditions, and the moderate drought conditions, as expected.

The July outlook calls for wetter and warmer than normal conditions, with a chance of much warmer than normal conditions towards the end of next week (June 9-13).

Below is the latest Drought Monitor, the Kansas drought conditions, the drought outlook, July precipitation outlook, and threat outlook:

For additional information check out these links:

Weather Data Library at K-State Research & Extension

Weather For Burning
  NWS Topeka Fire Weather
   NWS Wichita Fire Weather
   NWS Dodge City Fire Weather
   National Fire Weather Information

State Fire Marshall Office

Current Drought Conditions
                   Kansas Water Office drought report (pdf)      08/01/2008

Agricultural Policy Information

Drought Decision Aids, Options, and Considerations for:

Crops
Livestock
Horticulture
Municipal and Home

Recent Topics:
Updated spreadsheets for Valuing Droughty Silage:
                                                              EXCEL version    7/31/06
                                                              Quattro version  7/31/06