JEFFERSON CITY, MO, FEB. 10, 2025 – Missouri’s Drought Assessment Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, to coordinate a comprehensive state and federal response to drought conditions affecting portions of the state.
The meeting is open to the public and will be livestreamed via Webex at stateofmo.webex.com/stateofmo/j.php?MTID=mf620292246ce63992a9f57e2fa94ec24.
The Drought Assessment Committee is composed of representatives from state and federal partner agencies who provide information, recommendations and coordination to mitigate impacts of the drought. Executive Order 24-13 declared a drought alert Oct. 29, 2024, until March 31, 2025, for Missouri counties that are in moderate, severe, extreme or exceptional drought.
Nearly all of Missouri has experienced at least abnormally dry conditions over the past year. Missouri was previously under a Drought Alert from May 2023 to September 2024 as well as from July 2022 to March 2023.
This will be the committee’s first meeting in 2025.
Residents are encouraged to assist local, state and national decision makers better understand drought conditions in their area by submitting a survey form via the Condition Monitoring Observer Reports service at droughtimpacts.unl.edu/Tools/ConditionMonitoringObservations.aspx.
Updated drought information, including a link to the U.S. Drought Monitor map of Missouri, is available at dnr.mo.gov/drought.