An extended period of dry weather continued to worsen across portions of Central and South Central Kansas during the month of May, as some areas saw little or no appreciable amounts of rainfall.  Areas south and west of Wichita dried out even further during the second half of the month, pushing this area into extreme drought (D3). Other areas in Central Kansas, began to creep into the severe drought category (D2).

Drought in RENO, KANSAS
From 01-MAY-11 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-11 00:00:00 (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. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of May 17th, with some farmers starting to abandon as much as half of their wheat crop and try and plant other crops.

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

The severe drought (D2), began to worsen across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted through the rest of the month. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of May 17th, with some farmers starting to abandon as much as half of their wheat crop and try and plant other crops.

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

The severe drought (D2), began to worsen across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted through the rest of the month. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of May 17th, with some farmers starting to abandon as much as half of their wheat crop and try and plant other crops.

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

The severe drought (D2) continued across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted through the rest of the month. Some farmers started to abandon as much as half of their wheat crop and try and plant other crops.

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

The drought began to worsen across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted through the rest of the month. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of May 17th to May 24th.

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

A severe drought (D2) began to worsen across Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted through the rest of the month. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of May 17th to May 24th.

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

A severe drought (D2) began to worsen across South Central Kansas during the first part of the month and lasted through the rest of the month. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of May 17th to May 24th.

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

The drought reached severe levels (D2) across Central Kansas during the first part of the month, and lasted through the rest of the month. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of May 17th to May 24th.

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

A drought began to worsen across Central Kansas during the last part of the month.  The drought reached severe levels (D2) across the area during the week of May 17th and lasted through the end of the month.

Drought in RICE, KANSAS
From 01-MAY-11 00:00:00 to 31-MAY-11 00:00:00 (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 May. The drought reached extreme levels (D3) across the area during the week of May 17th, with some farmers starting to abandon as much as half of their wheat crop and try and plant other crops.