Drought — Ray, Missouri

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

Event narrative

Significant precipitation deficits continued into October with severe to extreme drought persisting through the month. Ray County began October mostly within D2 drought, with D3 drought setting in across southern Ray County toward the Missouri River by early 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 1059207. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.