Drought — Southern Lake, Minnesota

2022-01-01 to 2022-01-11 · Southern Lake, Minnesota

Event narrative

The eastern half of southern Lake County remained under D2 Severe Drought to begin January with the western portion being in D1 Moderate Drought. Precipitation for the month was within a few tenths of an inch of normal and precipitation at the end of December and beginning of January led to the removal of the area of D2 Severe Drought across southern Lake County with the update on the 11th, leaving D1 Moderate Drought across the area. No further changes were seen over the remainder of the month.

Wider weather episode

Drought conditions persisted across much of northeastern Minnesota during the month of January with overall little change observed. The worst areas were across parts of Koochiching and northwestern Itasca counties, along with portions of Lake and Cook counties where areas of D2 Severe Drought persisted. Precipitation overall was generally near to below normal, but slight improvement was observed over southern Lake County where deep snowpack was in place.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1004409. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.