The 2025 runoff forecast is 20.6 MAF, 80% of average. Runoff in 2024 was 23.3 MAF, 91% of average. The annual average is 25.7 ...

A shifting weather pattern may complicate weather predictions affecting Missouri River dam release plans this summer.

The updated 2025 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continues to be below average. January runoff in the Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 0.7 million ...

January runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City was 0.7 million acre-feet, 92% of average. The 2025 calendar year ...

Evidence of a relatively dry winter across the Missouri River Basin can be found in the latest runoff forecasts.

but pointed to a diversion project in North Dakota that sends Missouri River water to the Red River basin. “We don’t have a remedy to address this,” said Bean, who farms cotton and other ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central ... critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme weather events due to climate change. The Water Resources Development ...