Drought — Carroll, Missouri

2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Carroll, Missouri

Event narrative

Significant precipitation deficits continued into October with severe to extreme drought persisting through the month. Carroll County spent all of October almost entirely within D2 drought with a small sliver of D3 drought taking hold across far southwestern Carroll County near the Missouri River by early to mid October.

Wider weather episode

Significant precipitation deficits from the summer/early fall months continued into October, with severe drought (D2) continuing and even expanding into extreme drought (D3) for much of the Interstate 70/Missouri River corridor in Missouri and Kansas per the UNL US Drought Monitor. These drought conditions yielded a fairly active fire weather season in October.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1059197. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.