Drought — Northern Itasca, Minnesota

2022-03-01 to 2022-03-29 · Northern Itasca, Minnesota

Event narrative

Much of the northern part of the county began the month with D1 Moderate Drought in place with a small area of D2 Severe Drought in place across the northwestern part of the county. Precipitation was generally near to slightly below normal over the course of the month, but, when combined with winter snow melt, this was enough to recharge the soil and lead to the removal of D2 Severe Drought across the county with the update on the 29th. This left mainly D0 Abnormally Dry conditions in place across the county with an area of D1 Moderate Dry in the northwestern corner.

Wider weather episode

Areas of D2 Severe Drought persisted across parts of northeastern Minnesota to begin the month of March. These areas received near normal precipitation over the course of the month and, when combined with snow melt across the region, all areas of D2 Severe Drought were removed by the end of the month, leaving widespread D0 Abnormally Dry conditions and and small areas of D1 Moderate Drought, mainly where D2 Severe Drought had been.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1014374. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.