Drought — Emmet, Iowa

2023-01-01 to 2023-01-31 · Emmet, Iowa

Event narrative

Severe drought conditions persisted across Emmet County during January despite above normal precipitation. With the ground frozen, there was little if any recharge of soils and ground water.

Wider weather episode

Severe to local extreme drought conditions persisted across Iowa in January. However, there was normal to above normal moisture during the month which helped to slightly improve conditions although this was limited by frozen ground conditions in many areas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1075159. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.