WI Drought Conditions Improve News | August 18, 2023 | 0 | by Morgan McCarthy Folks to the north and west of Madison continue to see the worst of Wisconsin’s drought. The latest drought report for Wisconsin shows things improved across the state over the past week. It helped that Wisconsin saw a couple of days of soaking rains this week. In Madison and Dane County the drought continues to be severe, but areas to the north and west are in an extreme drought. As of this week, 78-percent of Wisconsin is seeing some kind of drought conditions.