February 16, 2023
Drought conditions persist on Missouri
The updated 2023 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin continuesto be below average, despite a moisture-heavy start to the year. January runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City was 1. 1 million acre-feet, 134 percent of average. Runoff was above average due to warmer-than-normal temperatures in the upper basin resulting in some snowmelt runoff. Precipitation in January was below normal for most of the upper basin except for southern South Dakota, which saw above normal precipitation