Drought in Madison, Arkansas

Another dry and unseasonably warm month occurred across northwestern Arkansas in September. All of northwest Arkansas experienced below average rainfall for the month, and a large portion of the area received less than 25 percent of monthly average precipitation amounts. The continued dry weather, combined with unseasonably hot temperatures during the month, resulted in an expansion of drought conditions across the area. Extreme drought (D3) conditions developed across portions of Sebastian, Franklin, Crawford, Washington, and Benton Counties. Severe drought (D2) continued across much of the remainder of northwest Arkansas during the month. Monetary damage estimates as a result of the drought were not available.