North Dakota
North Dakota is only state currently without drought conditions
FARGO — It is one thing that does not occur fairly often. North Dakota is the one state within the nation not presently affected by drought circumstances
That is indicated by the
U.S. Drought Monitor
. Areas in pink are in excessive or distinctive drought. Minnesota and South Dakota are in abnormally dry to reasonable drought circumstances.
U.S. Drought Monitor
Presently final yr, a lot of the state was affected by excessive drought, and had a number of the most pink markings on the map.
WDAY Storm Tracker Meteorologist, Jesse Ritka, says this comes with a whole lot of positives for residents of North Dakota.
“That is going to be nice for the crops, nice for the cattle and every part” she mentioned. “In fact, this warmth is not the perfect however the truth that our soil moisture content material is quite a bit greater than final yr implies that the crops are going to be quite a bit higher”.
The well timed rain and flooding from the moist spring is what’s preserving North Dakota out of drought.