Rain in Plains while Lake Mead is lowest level since 1937
Widespread rain - from 3-6 inches, or more, in some places - fell in the central and southern Plains, the heart of the Wheat Belt, over the past month, said the weekly Drought Monitor. Officials said they want to "better assess the impacts from recent precipitation and to consider areas ripe for downgrades next week."
Cold weather, late snowfall slow spring planting
Nothing says spring planting like snowfall across the upper Midwest in mid-April, does it? Up to five inches of snow fell in north central Wisconsin on Monday with forecasts of an inch or two of snow today in Detroit and Toledo.