A University of Missouri climatologist says the southern part of the state is finally receiving rain.

Patrick Guinan said this past week has been what southern Missouri needed.

“Some big rains that, obviously, what we received will mitigate some of the dryness and the drought conditions we’ve seen across southwestern parts of Missouri,” he said.

But Guinan said most of July wasn’t so kind.

“[There’re] Amazing disparities,” he said.

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