As of early August 2008, the Oklahoma panhandle was experiencing its driest year (previous 365 days) since 1921, according to records kept by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. Through July, year-to-date precipitation in Boise City, in the heart of Cimarron County, was only about 4.8 inches, barely half of average and drier than some years in the 1930s, the height of the Dust Bowl.
Published Aug 14, 2008
This pair of images shows vegetation conditions in southeastern Australia&rsquos; Wheatbelt in 2005, the last year this decade with favorable growing conditions, and 2009, at the end of three consecutive years of drought.
Published Dec 12, 2009
