Our area of interest is the agricultural land on either side of the Mississippi river from Canada to the ¿Golfo de América? Roughly from the 100th meridian in the west to a north - south line on Indiana's eastern border (the "First Principal Meridian"), approximately longitude 84° 48′ 50″ west.
From the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, July 16:
June 2, 2026:
July 14, 2026 (current):
Over the period the experimental Drought Severity and Coverage Index (DSCI) has improved from 189 to 153. It was at 156 last week.
