{"id":4131,"date":"2021-02-08T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4131"},"modified":"2021-02-04T18:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T00:57:52","slug":"january-water-summary-update-iowa-department-of-natural-resources","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/news\/january-water-summary-update-iowa-department-of-natural-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"January Water Summary Update &#8211; Iowa Department of Natural Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014 While January is usually the driest month of the year, last month saw above-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures across the state, according to the latest Water Summary Update.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Temperatures averaged 4 degrees above normal for the month, with 1.27 inches of precipitation, 0.35 inches above normal. However, abnormal dryness and drought conditions remained generally unchanged through January. Under the snow, the shallow soils are dry enough that there is the potential for drought issues later this spring.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;Despite the abundance of snow in January, there is concern over dry soils in western parts of the state,\u201d said Tim Hall, DNR\u2019s coordinator of hydrology resources. \u201cA dry spring could be problematic for parts of the state. A virtual meeting is planned for March 4 to discuss conditions in more detail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Staff from the Iowa DNR, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Weather Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey will provide current information and projections for potential drought conditions in Iowa at the meeting, to be held online from 1 to 3 p.m. Additional meeting information is available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzExLjc5NDA2NTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzExLjc5NDA2NTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc4MDQ4NSZlbWFpbGlkPWplc3NpZS5icm93bkBkbnIuaW93YS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPWplc3NpZS5icm93bkBkbnIuaW93YS5nb3YmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZtdmlkPSZleHRyYT0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;http:\/\/www.iowadnr.gov\/watersummaryupdate?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzExLjc5NDA2NTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzExLjc5NDA2NTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc4MDQ4NSZlbWFpbGlkPWplc3NpZS5icm93bkBkbnIuaW93YS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPWplc3NpZS5icm93bkBkbnIuaW93YS5nb3YmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZtdmlkPSZleHRyYT0mJiY%3D%26%26%26101%26%26%26http:\/\/www.iowadnr.gov\/watersummaryupdate?utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgovdelivery&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612546612449000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGzxiTzmjuTYWqehUPpfv7rGCGQ7g\">www.iowadnr.gov\/<wbr \/>WaterSummaryUpdate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Temperatures in January were unseasonably warm, on average 23.6 degrees or 4.2 degrees above normal. Northwestern Iowa experienced the warmest conditions, where positive departures of up to seven degrees were reported in the monthly averages. Stations in eastern Iowa reported average temperatures one to three degrees warmer than normal.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Streamflow conditions across most of the state remain normal. Flows in the Des Moines River basin continue to be below normal.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For a thorough review of Iowa\u2019s water resource trends, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowadnr.gov\/WaterSummaryUpdate?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.iowadnr.gov\/WaterSummaryUpdate?utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgovdelivery&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612546612449000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEOFqLJTS2nglWCk8Gm-8mf5cH27w\">iowadnr.gov\/WaterSummaryUpdate<\/a><wbr \/>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014 While January is usually the driest month of the year, last month saw above-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures across the state, according to the latest Water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-4131","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>January Water Summary Update - Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Iowa Water Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While January is usually the driest month of the year, last month saw above-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures across the state.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/news\/january-water-summary-update-iowa-department-of-natural-resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"January Water Summary Update - Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Iowa Water Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While January is usually the driest month of the year, last month saw above-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures across the state.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/news\/january-water-summary-update-iowa-department-of-natural-resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Iowa Water Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/water-scholars-sign-up-form\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-05T00:57:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_4940.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iowawatercenter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/news\/january-water-summary-update-iowa-department-of-natural-resources\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/news\/january-water-summary-update-iowa-department-of-natural-resources\/\",\"name\":\"January Water Summary Update - Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Iowa Water Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-08T14:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-05T00:57:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"While January is usually the driest month of the year, last month saw above-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures across the state.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/news\/january-water-summary-update-iowa-department-of-natural-resources\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/news\/january-water-summary-update-iowa-department-of-natural-resources\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/news\/january-water-summary-update-iowa-department-of-natural-resources\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"January Water Summary Update &#8211; 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