Despite recent rain drought has still hit the State of Kansas hard during 2024.

Senator Jerry Moran says 79% of the acres of Kansas have been under some form of drought, most of it severe.  Moran says this is as dire a circumstance that he can see in his time in trying to address the saving of rural America.  

According to the Drought Monitor, Montgomery, Wilson, Chautauqua and Elk Counties are all considered to be in the abnormally dry category. Parts of Labette County are in the abnormally dry to moderate and severe drought. Most of Cherokee County is in the severe drought category.