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Drought Monitor Weekly: Winter Storm Brings Relief to 17 States; West Remains Dry Feb 11, 2022
Summary A powerful winter storm last week, stretching from New Mexico to Maine, helped improve drought conditions in 17 states in its path. Meanwhile, another week of dry weather in […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Mostly Dry with Some Notable Exceptions Feb 4, 2022
Summary With a few notable exceptions, the past week was mostly dry in the contiguous U.S. Heavy rain fell in southeast Texas this week, where large parts of ongoing drought […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Storms Bring Moisture to Southeast, Elsewhere Mostly Dry Jan 28, 2022
Summary As the drought-monitoring period began on January 18, a moisture-laden storm had just cleared the Atlantic Coast States. A few days later, another system delivered a variety of weather, […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Winter Storms in the East, Little Precipitation West of Missouri River Jan 20, 2022
Summary A winter storm impacted areas from the northern Plains, to the Midwest, into the Southeast and then up the east coast during the period. For many areas, this was […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Generally Widespread Improvements Jan 15, 2022
Summary Heavy precipitation pelted the northern half of the West Coast again this week. The largest amounts were reported in westernmost Washington and adjacent Oregon, where 6 to 10 inches […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Widespread Improvements, but Also Some Expansion Jan 7, 2022
Summary In what has become a familiar pattern, heavy precipitation continued to improve drought and dryness across the northern half of the West Coast States, though it created its own […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Frequent Storms Out West, Mostly Dry Elsewhere Dec 30, 2021
Summary A persistent pattern over the North Pacific and western North America maintained a continuation of frequent storms affecting the West Coast through late December. 7-day precipitation from December 21-27 […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Variable Rainfall, as Wind Storms Hit Central, Southern Plains Dec 24, 2021
Summary On December 14, a strong mid-level low pressure system progressed inland into southern California where heavy precipitation (0.5 to 3 inches, liquid equivalent) occurred. As this area of mid-level […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Heavy Rains Along West Coast; Severe Storms Hit Central U.S. Dec 17, 2021
Summary This U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week was marked by a much more active storm pattern across the West Coast and Northern Rockies with areas of heavy rain along the […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Continued Expansion and Degradation Dec 9, 2021
Summary This U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week saw continued deterioration in conditions across areas of the Mid-Atlantic (Virginia, North Carolina) and the Southeast (South Carolina, Georgia) in response to below-normal […]
