Missouri River Drought Picture Improves - The Waterways Journal
May runoff for the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 3.5 million acre-feet (maf.), which is 104 percent of average.
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May runoff for the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 3.5 million acre-feet (maf.), which is 104 percent of average.
Large areas of Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, eastern South Dakota, and eastern Nebraska received more than 200% of normal precipitation for the month of May.
As warmer weather moves into the Missouri River Basin, spring precipitation brought some much-needed moisture throughout the basin. For the month of
April runoff into the upper river basin was 2.1 million acre-feet, 71% of average. The 2024 runoff forecast was increased to 19.2 MAF, or 75% of average. Last month's forecast
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Water Management Division started its weekly virtual meetings on Wednesday, April 24, to keep