Drought — Palo Alto, Iowa

2023-05-01 to 2023-05-16 · Palo Alto, Iowa

Event narrative

Decent rainfall during the 1st half of May helped to reduce the severe drought to moderate drought across Palo Alto county. Some longer term residual dryness persists.

Wider weather episode

Increasing rainfall into the first half of May helped to end the severe drought conditions in portions of northwest Iowa. However, long term dryness still persists with moderate drought continuing.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1088653. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.