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

Only the far northeastern areas of Cowley county remained in severe drought (D2) with no other changes across the county.

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

Elk county remained in extreme drought (D3) for the month of August.

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

Northwest and southeast portions of the county remained is severe drought (D2) while southwestern areas of the county worsened to severe drought (D2) during the month of August.

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

The southwestern portions of the county improved from extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) and the southeast portions of the county improved from severe drought (D2) to moderate drought (D1).  The northern portions of the county worsened from abnormally dry (D0) to severe drought (D2).

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

Only the far Southwest portions of Harvey county saw improvement to moderate drought (D1) while the rest of the county remained in severe drought (D2).

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

The Northern and Eastern portions of Labette county improved to abnormally dry (D0) during the month of August.  Southwest portions of the county remained in severe drought (D2).

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

The Central portions of the county remained in severe drought (D2) with the Western areas of the county remaining in extreme drought (D3).

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

Marion county remained in extreme drought (D3) for the month of August.

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

Most of McPherson county improved from extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) during the month of August. Extreme Eastern and southern areas of the county remained in extreme drought (D3).

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

Montgomery county did not improve through the month of August.  The eastern areas of the county remained in severe drought (D2) with the north and far northwestern areas of the county in extreme drought (D3) and exceptional drought (D4) respectively.

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

The southern areas of the county improved to abnormally dry (D0) with the northern portions improving to moderate drought (D1).

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

The southern areas of the county improved to moderate drought (D1) with the remainder of the county remaining in severe drought (D2).

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

Rice county had no improvement in drought conditions are remained in extreme drought (D3) for August.

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

Russell improved in the northern parts of the county to severe drought (D2) and in the far southwestern areas of the county to extreme drought (D3).  The rest of the county did not improve and remained in extreme drought (D3).

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

There was a slight improvement in drought conditions with a small reduction in the southern areas of the county.  This area improved to severe drought (D2) with the far southern region remaining in extreme drought (D3).

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

Central Sedgwick county improved to severe drought (D2) while the far eastern areas of the county remained in extreme drought (D2).

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

There was no change to the drought conditions in Sumner county.  The central parts of the county remained at severe drought (D2) and the northeastern areas of the county remained at extreme drought (D3).

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

The far southwest portions of the county improved to severe drought (D2) with the northern half of the county remaining the same in extreme drought (D3).

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

Allen county improved from extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) across the county with parts of southwest Allen County improving to moderate drought (D1).

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

Barton county improved from extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) across the county.

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

Central and Southeast areas of Butler county improved from extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) during the month of August.  The remainder of the county remained in severe drought (D2).

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

Chautauqua county remained in exceptional drought (D4) across most of the county with the southwestern areas of county remaining in extreme drought (D3).

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

The northwest part of the county improved to severe drought (D2) with the southwest part of the county remaining the same in extreme drought (D3) and the far southwest portion in exceptional drought (D4).

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

Chase county's drought condition worsened for the month of August become severe drought (D2) across the entire county.