While much of the region has seen heavy snow over the past couple of weeks, there isn’t enough water in that to make much of a dent in the ongoing drought.
Dennis Today, head of the Midwest Climate Hub in Ames Iowa, says they are seeing very dry soils………

Todey says it will take a lot of snow and then rain to catch up….

Much of Iowa, Nebraska and southern South Dakota has been in a year’s long drought.