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A pivot irrigation system sits in a farm field dusted with snow Thursday morning. Despite above-average rainfall totals in March, southern Wisconsin still has an overall precipitation deficit that has persisted for about a year.

 Anthony Wahl

Rock County has been under drought conditions for a full year now, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, but one model predicts the dry weather will dissipate in the coming months.

All of the county is still considered to be in “moderate drought,” according to the monitor, a group based at the University of Nebraska. The drought had been considered “severe” as recently as the first week of October. Rock County has had a designation of “abnormally dry” or worse for every week dating back to March 16, 2021, leaving the county with low levels of water that adversely affect agriculture.

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