Most of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the lower Great Lakes Region recorded subnormal rainfall, persisting or worsening dryness in these regions. MidwestĪs in some other parts of the country, rainfall totals were a mixed bag across the Midwest Region last week, though more deterioration was noted than improvement. Scattered areas of improvement were noted through these regions. In addition, much of northern Arkansas and adjacent Oklahoma reported only light rainfall at best, allowing expansion and intensification of D0 to D2 conditions across this area Other parts of the South were covered by a broken pattern of moderate to heavy rainfall, with a few locales reporting over 3 inches of rain. Meanwhile, most of interior and western Texas saw little if any rainfall, prompting expansion and intensification of dryness and drought there. Existing dryness in this area was eliminated or at least greatly improved. Heavy to excessive rainfall triggered some flooding in an area from the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles southeastward through northeastern Texas, with several locations in central Oklahoma reporting 7 to locally near 10 inches of rainfall. Highly variable condition were noted across this region. Parts of the western Florida Peninsula have recorded 2 to 5 inches less than normal rainfall for the past 30 days, with the largest departures observed just south of the Tampa Bay area. A new area of D2 was introduced along the western Florida coast from the Tampa Bay area southward into Cape Coral while D0 and D1 conditions expanded eastward toward the middle of the Florida Peninsula. Conditions along the western Florida coastline, however, intensified this past week amid subnormal rainfall and periods of near-record heat. The worst conditions on the Drought Monitor (D2) are now restricted to central Maryland and adjacent Pennsylvania Southeastĭryness and drought were already sparse in this Region, and last week’s rains brought additional improvements to a few areas in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama.
Broad drought improvement or removal resulted across much of New England and the adjacent Northeast, but conditions were generally unchanged in the relatively drier areas, including parts of the mid-Atlantic Region and western sections of Pennsylvania and New York. A few tenths of an inch of precipitation fell elsewhere, at best. Maine, lower New England, eastern New York, much of New Jersey, and a few patches across the mid-Atlantic Region and West Virginia recorded moderate to heavy amounts with isolated totals exceeding 3 inches. Rainfall totals of 3.5 to locally 8.0 inches of rain pelted much of eastern Pennsylvania and the west half of New England, with numerous reports of flash flooding.
The recent dryness in much of the Northeast Region was abruptly ended by heavy to excessive rainfall last week. West of the Rockies, seasonably dry conditions prevailed. Hot weather from the desert Southwest through the southern Plains and across Florida exacerbated drought conditions there. In contrast, other parts of Texas, the middle and upper Mississippi Valley, the lower Great Lakes, and the central and northern Dakotas received only several tenths of an inch of precipitation at best, resulting in several areas of deepening drought. Lesser but still heavy amounts exceeding 3 inches fell on portions of the central Plains, Texas Gulf Coast, lower Mississippi Valley, interior Southeast, Carolina Coastline, and upper Great Lakes Region, allowing drought to ease in some of these areas. Many of these areas recorded over 6 inches of rain, with totals approaching 9 inches in a few isolated spots. The heaviest amounts fell in a broken pattern from lower New York through Vermont, and in a swath from central Oklahoma through the fringes of the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles.
Heavy to excessive rainfall significantly improved or removed drought from parts of the Northeast and south-central Great Plains.
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