Drought conditions improve across South Dakota

Drought conditions continue to improve across South Dakota. The latest drought monitor report show overall drought conditions across 81.73 percent of the state, down over 7 percent from a week ago. Just over 4 percent of the state is reporting severe drought conditions, those areas are all in the southwest corner of the state. Areas reporting moderate drought were down 6 percent in the last week. Moisture from the Memorial Day weekend through the end of May resulted in nearly 20 percent of the state reporting no drought conditions.