Drought — Ashland, Wisconsin

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

Event narrative

The month began with D2 Severe Drought over most of the county with an area of D1 Moderate Drought across the southeastern corner of the county. Some improvement was quickly seen on the morning of the first with D1 Moderate Drought spreading across the southern two-thirds of the county. D2 Severe Drought then spread across the entire county with the update on the 15th along with a slight area of D3 Extreme Drought in the Ashland area. No additional changes were seen over the remainder of the month. 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 1132060. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.