Compared to last week, this week's drought monitor shows little change, with the exception of an area of Severe Drought that has developed over portions of Marion and Chase Counties.
Most of the northwest portion of the Hutch Post area had no precipitation for the reporting period that ended on Tuesday May 6,. Here are the rainfall totals for selected locations in the area:
• Hutchinson - .00"
• McPherson - .00"
• Lyons - .00"
• Pratt - .06"
• Newton - .14"
• Kingman - .22"
We will see what affect the rainfall that has been received in the past two days will do to the conditions heading into next week.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Map data courtesy of NDMC.