An extended period of dry weather continued unabated across portions of Central and South Central Kansas during the month of August 2011, as most of the area saw below normal levels of precipitation and more triple digit heat continue to burn up the landscape. Some rainfall did fall during the beginning of the month which brought some relief, but overall rainfall was disappointing. Areas south and west of Wichita dried out even further during the second half of the month, keeping this area in an exceptional drought (D4), while others areas across Central Kansas pushed into an extreme drought (D3) by the end of the month. Other areas across the Flint Hills continued with a severe drought (D2) throughout the month. This is a continuation of the widespread drought that has been ongoing across the Plains for the entire summer of 2011.

Drought in CHASE, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2) began to worsen across Central Kansas during the last part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of August 30th.

Drought in BUTLER, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2) began to worsen across Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of August 30th, with some farmers chopping up 50 percent of their dry land corn crop into silage.  Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions.

Drought in HARPER, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The exceptional drought (D4) continued across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. The drought reached exceptional levels (D4) across the area during the week of July 19th. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late April and continued through the months of May, June and July. Farmers began to chop up their dryland corn crop into silage. Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions with little or no hay to feed them.

Drought in KINGMAN, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The exceptional drought (D4) continued across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August.  This was a continuation of a drought that started in late April and continued through the months of May, June and July. Farmers began to chop up their dryland corn crop into silage. Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions with little or no hay to feed them.

Drought in HARVEY, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The exceptional drought (D4) continued across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. The drought reached exceptional levels (D4) across the area during the first week of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late April and continued through the months of May, June and July. Farmers began to chop up their dryland corn crop into silage. Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions with little or no hay to feed them.

Drought in SEDGWICK, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The exceptional drought (D4) continued across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late April and continued through the months of May, June and July. Farmers continued to chop up their dryland corn crop into silage, with some farmers abandoning soybean crops.  Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions with little or no hay to feed them.

Drought in MCPHERSON, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The extreme drought (D3), continued across Central Kansas during the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late May and continued through the month of July, with some farmers having already chopped up their dry land corn crop into silage.  Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions.  The corn havest was expected to be down almost 15 percent, while the soybean crop was expected to down 28 percent.

Drought in SUMNER, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The exceptional drought (D4) continued across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late April and continued through the months of May, June and July. Farmers began to chop up their dryland corn crop into silage. Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions with little or no hay to feed them.

Drought in RICE, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The exceptional drought (D4) continued across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. The drought reached exceptional levels (D4) across the area during the week of August 2nd. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late April and continued through the months of May, June and July. Farmers began to chop up their dryland corn crop into silage. Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions with little or no hay to feed them.

Drought in ALLEN, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The moderate drought (D1) began to worsen across Southeast Kansas during the first part of the month and worsened to a severe drought (D2) by the middle of the month. The drought reached severe levels (D2) across the area during the week of August 23rd.

Drought in NEOSHO, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The drought began to worsen across Southeast Kansas during the first part of the month and worsened to a severe drought (D2). The drought reached severe levels (D2) across the area during the week of August 2nd, with some farmers had already chopping up their dry land corn crop into silage.  Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions.

Drought in LABETTE, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The drought began to worsen across Southeast Kansas during the first part of the month and worsened to a severe drought (D2). The drought reached severe levels (D2) across the area during the week of August 2nd, with some farmers had already chopping up their dry land corn crop into silage.  Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions.

Drought in WOODSON, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The drought began to worsen across Southeast Kansas during the first part of the month and worsened to a severe drought (D2). The drought reached severe levels (D2) across the area during the week of August 2nd, with some farmers had already chopping up their dry land corn crop into silage.  Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions.

Drought in WILSON, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2), continued across Southeast Kansas during the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late July.  Even with the drought, Fall River continued to flow, with this water being pumped into the water treatment plant and eventually into Neodesha homes, because of water releases from Fall River Reservoir.

Drought in MONTGOMERY, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2), continued across Southeast Kansas during the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late July.

Drought in CHAUTAUQUA, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2), continued across Southeast Kansas during the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late July.

Drought in ELK, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2), continued across Southeast Kansas during the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late July.

Drought in COWLEY, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2), continued across South Central Kansas during the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in early July.

Drought in GREENWOOD, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2) began to worsen across Flint Hills and Southeast Kansas during the last part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of August 30th. The extreme drought led to lower lake levels and warmer water temperatures, which led to depleted oxygen levels, at area lakes and over a 100 dead fish in South Lubbock Lake.

Drought in MARION, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2) began to worsen across Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of August 30th, with some farmers chopping up 50 percent of their dry land corn crop into silage.  Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions.

Drought in ELLSWORTH, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The severe drought (D2), continued across Central Kansas during the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late April and continued through the months of June through July.  Local farmers had already chopped up their dryland corn crop into silage.  Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions.

Drought in BARTON, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The extreme drought (D3), continued across Central Kansas during the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late April and continued through the months of May, June and July. The drought began to affect the local livestock as well, as pond water supplies were low, which also led to little or no pasture grass for normal grazing.  Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to the poor pasture conditions.

Drought in RENO, KANSAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Newspaper

The exceptional drought (D4) continued across Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted the rest of the month of August. This was a continuation of a drought that started in late April and continued through the months of May, June and July. Farmers had abandoned their dryland corn crop and chopped it up into silage. The USDA projects that corn and sorghum fields will produce their lowest yields since 1983. Local cattle farmers had sold most of their cattle due to poor pasture conditions with little or no hay to feed them.