Latest Report - September 21, 2023
Greg Gust, NDDES Meteorologist
for Adnan Akyuz, Ph.D.
NDSU, AES
State Climatologist
Summary
- Based on the Drought Monitor map published September 19th, over one-third of the state is in drought (at least D1, nearly all since June 6th), putting nearly 255,044 ND citizens in drought.
- This week, the Drought severity and Coverage Index (DSCI) value is 112, the same as last week but up 4 points since September 5th.
- The end of this week and the upcoming weekend are expected to be quite wet across most of the upper mid-west and nearly all of North Dakota, with rainfall amounts approaching 1.5 to 3 inches across southcentral ND.
- Otherwise, somewhat warmer than average temperatures are expected through the end of September, with above normal precipitation.
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