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This map integrates multiple drought indices measuring precipitation and moisture into one computer-generated drought map, with a reference period of 1979–present. According to these indices, current conditions are drier than 98% to 100% of past conditions.
Current Drought in Minnesota (Click map for more info) US Drought Monitor. US Drought Monitor- National Map (National Drought Mitigation Center) Frequently Updated Precipitation Data. Radar-based Precipitation Estimates for Previous Seven Days (National Weather Service) 90 Days (National Weather Service) 90 Days, Percent-of-Normal (National ...
The Drought Monitor summary map identifies general areas of drought and labels them by intensity. D1 is the least intense level and D4 the most intense. Drought is defined as a moisture deficit bad enough to have social, environmental or economic effects.
The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday, June 11 shows: The state has been drought-free since the June 4 assessment. Abundant rainfall across Minnesota has pulled the state out of drought for the first time since June 2022.
To see or report current drought impacts, please visit the Drought Impacts Toolkit, where you can find impacts from media in the Drought Impact Reporter and from citizen scientists and other volunteer observers under Condition Monitoring Observations. Historic Impacts
Minnesota DroughtWatch. This map (from USGS's National Drought Watch Web site) shows the 7-day average streamflow conditions in hydrologic units. Thus, the map shows conditions adjusted for this time of the year. The colors represent 7-day average streamflow percentiles for the day of the year.
Sep 8, 2023 · This week’s drought monitor map shows: 15% of Minnesota is experiencing abnormally dry conditions. 30% of the state is in moderate drought. 39% of Minnesota is in severe drought. 15% of the state is in extreme drought. 1% of Minnesota is in exceptional drought.
Drought Monitor map depicts 8% of the state in the Abnormally Dry category, 23% in the Moderate Drought category, 27% in the Severe Drought category, 31% in the Extreme Drought category and 7% in the Exceptional Drought category.
Map. The U.S. Drought Monitor is updated each Thursday to show the location and intensity of drought across the country, which uses a five-category system, from Abnormally Dry (D0) conditions to Exceptional Drought (D4).
Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin Drought Page. Tropical Storm Ernesto continues to track closer toward the USVI and Puerto Rico as deteriorating conditions are expected today. Meanwhile, dangerous heat conditions across the Southern Plains and Gulf Coast continues.
