WASHINGTON – Weekly moisture totals were much lower across the northern and central Plains as compared to areas to the south and east.

However, in southwestern Kansas, 0.6-1.5 inches of rain, locally to 2.5 inches, plus heavy rains from last week, were enough to eliminate the D0/Abnormally dry conditions in Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Prowers counties in Colorado, and Greeley and Hamilton counties in Kansas, according to a media release from the USDA.

In southern Nebraska and eastern Kansas, light to moderate (0.3-0.9 inches) rains generally kept conditions stable, although a reassessment of short-term tools led to a slight redraw of the D1/Moderate drought areas in Kansas and D0/Abnormally dry condition in southwestern Nebraska.