RAPID CITY, S.D. — There was little change in this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor map for South Dakota.
The hardest hit areas remain the north central and along the Missouri River and a swatch of southeastern South Dakota.
Those areas remain in extreme drought.
Across western South Dakota, northern and central Meade County remain in D2, or severe drought. Western Meade County, central Pennington County and all of Lawrence County remain in D1, or moderate drought.
With the exception of the Black Hills in Custer County, most of southwestern South Dakota is abnormally dry.
Northwestern South Dakota remains in severe drought.
This week’s map was effective as of July 13, which means the heavy rain some of the area received on Tuesday night, has not been factored in.
