Drought in Russell, Kansas

Moderate drought (D1) for earlier in the month worsened to severe drought (D2) for all but a tiny portion of the northeast corner of the county on the 21st. Only around 0.25 of an inch had fallen in that time period. There were showers and storms that moved in and brought 1.25 to 1.75 inches based on cooperative observer and CoCoRaHS reports. This led to improvement over northern portions of the county with a southern swatch from middle of the county in the west to the bottom quarter in the east.

In central Kansas, a lack of precipitation led to severe drought conditions (D2) in all or portions of six counties in central and south central Kansas. This started in the last 10 days of the month. The first 20 days of the month had around 0.1 to 0.25 of an inch for much of the included areas.