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Drought in Cooper, Missouri

Drought July 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 · Cooper, Missouri

What the National Weather Service wrote

While July did provide some increase in moisture across the area the exceptionally dry conditions leading up to the month pushed the area into extreme drought. By the middle of the month exceptional (D4) drought was declared in these counties. Some marginal improvement was made due to late month thunderstorms, but the month still ended with these counties in (D3) extreme drought. As of now, there have been no widespread impacts from the drought reported.

The wider storm

While July did provide some increase in moisture across the area the exceptionally dry conditions leading up to the month pushed the area into extreme drought. By the middle of the month exceptional (D4) drought was declared in these counties. Some marginal improvement was made due to late month thunderstorms, but the month still ended with these counties in (D3) extreme drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1117102. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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