Sunday's big snow did little to ease Minnesota drought

Article by: BILL McAULIFFE , Star Tribune
Updated: December 12, 2012 - 8:00 PM

But a winter-long blanket of snow could let dry soil continue to soak up the precious moisture.

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bosshogDec. 12, 12 8:23 PM

The drought map is not entirely accurate. There can be large areas are much worse then what is actually indicated on the map. West of bemidji for instance entire wetlands are now bone dry, there is only an inch of snow on the ground and we've had temps down to -16F already. All spring and summer southern and central parts of Minnesota had too much water. Parts of North central and NW Minnesota never got that rain so they have been suffering from a long term drought. There was just enough rain to keep the grass green but nothing to regenerate the soil moisture levels.