The dryness this summer continues to be of great concern and with hotter temperatures this week, the impacts will quickly grow. The featured map presents the number of days one needs to travel back in time before accumulating at least two inches of rainfall based on NOAA MRMS precipitation estimates. Southern Iowa is certainly of worst off on this map with the brown splotches representing at least 50 days to accumulate those two inches. There are at least chances of rainfall in the forecast, but nothing looks too widespread and the heaviest totals will mostly stay off to Iowa's east.

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