The state of Iowa saw twice the normal amount of rainfall in October — which didn’t help farmers who wanted to get on with the harvest — but it will have some long-term benefit. Tim Hall with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the dry ground soaked up the rains and wiped out the worst of the state’s drought conditions.
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Hall says fall rain is always important in filling up the groundwater supply heading into winter.
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The extreme drought conditions have gone away, and the state is down to a small area of moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions in southeast Iowa.