Drought — Pine, Minnesota

2023-07-01 to 2023-07-31 · Pine, Minnesota

Event narrative

July began with small areas of D2 Severe Drought across the far northeastern and southwestern corners of Pine County with D1 Moderate Drought elsewhere across the county. Dry conditions over the remainder of the month saw D2 Severe Drought expand across most of the remainder of the county by the end of the month aside of areas along the St. Croix River. Rainfall deficits of 1 to 3 inches were observed across the county with northern areas seeing the greatest departures from normal.

Wider weather episode

Drought conditions rapidly worsened across the Northland during the month of July. After record snowfall in many areas over the winter, dry conditions took hold for the spring into the summer with rainfall deficits of 1 to 4 inches for the month across much of northeastern Minnesota. D1 Moderate Drought quickly took hold across the area during the beginning of the month with D2 Severe Drought spreading into far western and southern areas as the month progressed. Area creeks and rivers dropped to low flow levels and crops began to suffer across much of the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1120752. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.