Drought — Little Rocky Mountains, Montana

2022-07-01 to 2022-07-12 · Little Rocky Mountains, Montana

Event narrative

To start July, ongoing drought conditions in the northwestern third of the Little Rocky Mountains was in (D2-Severe) conditions while the southeastern two thirds of the Little Rockies were in (D1-Moderate) drought. By the second week of July, all of the Little Rocky Mountains had improved to (D1-Moderate) drought.

Wider weather episode

A wet start to July in most areas continued to improve drought conditions and by the second week of July, the whole area had improved to (D1-Moderate) drought conditions or better, ending the drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1043603. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.