• Brookings, S.D. - The recent high temperatures, wind and lack of significant precipitation have led to an expansion of drought across South Dakota.
• In this week's U.S. Drought Monitor, over 47 percent of the state is now considered to be in moderate drought and just over 3 percent is in severe drought, accord

ing to Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist. Nearly the entire state's area, almost 96 percent, is in some state of drought or dry condition. The U.S. Drought Monitor is online at http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu, and updated each Thursday.

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