Halfway through 2025, climate markers look on-pace for a normal year in the state of Iowa, however conditions are drier than normal in the southeastern portion of the state.

State climatologist Justin Glisan describes the range of precipitation across the Hawkeye State, “Anywhere from 84% of normal in the driest part of the state, which would be southeastern Iowa, all the way to 120% of Iowa in the north-central part of the state.”

The regularity is far from normal in recent years, with 2024 being one of the wettest years on record, which broke up a four-year drought that started the decade.

In terms of temperature, Glisan says that most of the state was slightly below average, with the only area that was hotter than normal being west-central Iowa.