Posted 10/8/2021 08:02 (#9258606 - in reply to #9258550) Subject: RE: No rain needed.
"Today I learned you don’t need a lot of rain to grow a record corn crop. BIL had the best corn ever on 110 acre field of flat and black dirt. Crazy. "
This doesn't determine a real drought. It means that it got dry for a while but there was always enough moisture somewhere that the crop was not in dire peril.