Drought — Northern Phillips, Montana

2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Northern Phillips, Montana

Event narrative

To start October, ongoing drought conditions in all of Northern Phillips County were at (D2-Severe) conditions. By the second week of October, the southern two thirds of Northern Phillips County had worsened to (D3-Extreme) drought, while the northern third of the county remained in (D2-Severe) conditions. These conditions would remain the same through the end of October.

Wider weather episode

Although October saw normal to above normal rain and snowfall for northeast Montana, above normal temperatures and lingering impacts from the past two years of drought allowed the drought to persist or worsen in spots.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1055745. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.