Drought — Little Rocky Mountains, Montana

2022-09-13 to 2022-09-30 · Little Rocky Mountains, Montana

Event narrative

On the second week of September, all of the Little Rocky Mountains worsened to (D2-Severe) conditions. These conditions would remain the same through the end of the month.

Wider weather episode

A dry August and record heat in early September caused the drought to expand further into northeastern Montana.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1052113. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.