After a spring and summer of wet conditions throughout almost the entire state, drought is returning to Missouri.

About 10% of Missouri is now classified as abnormally dry , according to the U.S. Drought Monitor , a map that tracks drought and updates weekly.

“We hadn't had a week in July or August with a map that had no (drought) since 2019, so it was almost kind of rare to have that little drought concern across the whole state for what we see there,” State Climatologist Zack Leasor said. “But if you look at the past 30 days, there are some spots that are starting to dry out.”

Most of the dryness is appearing in the southern part of the state. While the map as only recorded dryness in the state for about a week, Leasor said he thinks some areas, particularly in the southeast Miss

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