Published July 20, 2012, 12:00 AM


Image courtesy / National Climatic Data Center

This map, issued Thursday by the National Climatic Data Center, shows 96 percent of the High Plains impacted by dry weather. The only large area of normal moisture is in central North Dakota with worst drought conditions existing in Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.

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