Drought — Douglas, Wisconsin

2023-08-01 to 2023-08-31 · Douglas, Wisconsin

Event narrative

The month began with D2 Severe Drought over most of the county with an area of D3 Extreme Drought across much of the northern part of the county. The area of D3 Extreme Drought spread across the remainder of the northern part of the county with the update on the 8th and an area of D4 Exceptional Drought was added in the far northeastern corner of the county as well. The area of D4 Exceptional Drought expanded a bit more to the west with the update on the 15th before a slight expansion of the area of D3 Extreme Drought with the update on the 29th. Rainfall for the month was around 50 percent of normal across the county.

Wider weather episode

Drought conditions persisted across northeastern Minnesota during the month of August. Rainfall continued to be in short supply across much of the region with areas receiving only about 50 percent or less of normal rainfall for the month. This led to at least D2 Severe Drought across most of northwestern Wisconsin by the end of the month with areas of D3 Extreme Drought and an area of D4 Exceptional Drought along the South Shore of Lake Superior.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1132058. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.