During the end of August the combination of warm temperatures, lack of rainfall over the previous 30-90 days and falling stream levels worked together to produce Severe drought conditions across portions of  Greene, Christian, Stone, Webster, Douglas and Lawrence counties. Drought conditions continued into September. Final drought impacts will be included in the last drought entry when the drought has ended.

Drought in CHRISTIAN, MISSOURI
From 25-AUG-20 06:00:00 to 31-AUG-20 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The combination of warm temperatures, lack of rainfall during the summer, and falling stream levels worked together to produce Severe drought conditions. Rainfall amounts the last 90 days were generally in the 4-8 inch range which was 4 to 8 inches below normal for that period. Final drought impacts will be included in the last drought entry when the drought has ended.

Drought in GREENE, MISSOURI
From 25-AUG-20 06:00:00 to 31-AUG-20 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The combination of warm temperatures, lack of rainfall during the summer, and falling stream levels worked together to produce Severe drought conditions. Rainfall amounts the last 90 days were generally in the 2-8 inch range, with areas southwest of Springfield being the driest. This was generally 6 to 8 inches below normal for that period. Final drought impacts will be included in the last drought entry when the drought has ended.

Drought in LAWRENCE, MISSOURI
From 25-AUG-20 06:00:00 to 31-AUG-20 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The combination of warm temperatures, lack of rainfall during the summer, and falling stream levels worked together to produce Severe drought conditions. Rainfall amounts the last 90 days were generally in the 4-8 inch range which was 2 to 8 inches below normal for that period, with areas of southeast Lawrence County being the driest. Final drought impacts will be included in the last drought entry when the drought has ended.

Drought in STONE, MISSOURI
From 25-AUG-20 06:00:00 to 31-AUG-20 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The combination of warm temperatures, lack of rainfall during the summer, and falling stream levels worked together to produce Severe drought conditions. Rainfall amounts the last 90 days were generally in the 6-10 inch range which was 2-6 inches below normal for that period. Final drought impacts will be included in the last drought entry when the drought has ended.

Drought in WEBSTER, MISSOURI
From 25-AUG-20 06:00:00 to 31-AUG-20 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The combination of warm temperatures, lack of rainfall during the summer, and falling stream levels worked together to produce Severe drought conditions. Rainfall amounts the last 90 days were generally in the 4-8 inch range which was 2 to 6 inches below normal for that period. Final drought impacts will be included in the last drought entry when the drought has ended.

Drought in DOUGLAS, MISSOURI
From 25-AUG-20 06:00:00 to 31-AUG-20 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The combination of warm temperatures, lack of rainfall during the summer, and falling stream levels worked together to produce Severe drought conditions. Rainfall amounts the last 90 days were generally in the 6 to 8 inch range over western Douglas County which was 2 to 4 inches below normal for that period. Final drought impacts will be included in the last drought entry when the drought has ended.