WHILE WE HAVE ENJOYED THE NICE WEATHER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, WE ENTER ANOTHER WEEK WITH THE ENTIRE STATE OF KANSAS UNDER SOME SORT OF DROUGHT STATUS. FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CLASSIFIED AS MODERATE DROUGHT STATUS, AS ARE MIAMI, OSAGE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, NORTHERN ANDERSON AND LINN COUNTIES. SOUTHERN ANDERSON AND LINN ARE IN SEVERE DROUGHT.
FRANKLIN COUNTY EXPERIENCED THE 6TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD OVER THE PAST 128 YEARS, WITH RAIN FALL 3 POINT 26 INCHES UNDER NORMAL. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY COULD MOVE INTO SEVERE DROUGHT STATUS IN THE NEXT WEEK. STREAM FLOW CONDITIONS ARE BELOW NORMAL FOR THE ENTIRE KOFO LISTENING AREA.
FOR ANDERSON COUNTY, IT WAS THE 4TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD, WITH PRECIPITATION NEARLY 4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE DROUGHT STATUS COULD BE UPGRADED TO EXTREME IN THE COMING WEEKS IF RAIN DOES NOT FALL. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR MIAMI AND LINN COUNTIES WHO SAW THE 2ND DRIEST SEPTEMBER IN RECORDED HISTORY. THERE IS NO RAIN OR SNOW IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, AND HONESTLY, WE COULD REALLY USE SOME.
