Drought — Lucas, Iowa

2024-04-01 to 2024-04-30 · Lucas, Iowa

Event narrative

Despite an increase in rainfall, the long duration of the drought kept severe drought conditions over Lucas County through the end of April.

Wider weather episode

Despite increased precipitation, severe to locally extreme drought persisted across portions of central Iowa, generally in the eastern half of the state.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1167303. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.