This spring is looking to be a dry one in Western Oklahoma, reports NewsOK.com.That’s bad news for ag producers in areas like Roger Mills County. Last spring, Roger Mills saw more rain in a few months than it often does in an entire year. But, unfortunately, the county hasn’t gotten much moisture since.
In fact, last year was Oklahoma’s rainiest year since the state started keeping track. But now, drought is starting to creep back into parts of western Oklahoma. Over the past two months, west-central Oklahoma has only gotten about 1.7 inches of rain. That’s about 60 percent of the average for that period.
And things are even worse in the Oklahoma Panhandle. During that same two months, the Panhandle has gotten just 0.4 inch of rain. That makes it the 12th-driest such period on record. Wheat plants are already beginning to show discoloration from a lack of moisture.