Drought — Big Stone, Minnesota

2023-09-01 to 2023-09-26 · Big Stone, Minnesota

Wider weather episode

Severe Drought (D2) lingered in portions of west central Minnesota to start the month of September. Near to above normal precipitation resulted in a downgrade to D0 and D1 conditions in Big Stone county by September 26th, with the COOP observers in Browns Valley and Ortonville measuring 2.4 and 1.23 inches of precipitation respectively.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1132075. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.