Drought — Price, Wisconsin

2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Price, Wisconsin

Event narrative

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across the western half of the county and the southeastern corner with D1 Moderate Drought across the remainder of the county. Lingering dry conditions from August led to the expansion of D2 Severe Drought across the entirety of the county with the update on the 5th. Below normal rainfall for the month by around 1 inch led to the introduction of D3 Extreme Drought across the southern two-thirds of the county with the update on the 19th. Some improvement was noted with the update on the 26th as the area of D3 Extreme Drought was reduced to the east-central portion of the county with D2 Severe Drought across the remainder of the county.

Wider weather episode

Widespread drought conditions persisted across northwest Wisconsin to start the month. Conditions worsened a bit during the first half of the month with the expansion of D3 Extreme Drought and the maintenance of D4 Exceptional Drought along the Bayfield Peninsula. Much needed rainfall was received over the latter half of September pushing totals for the month to around 1 to 3 inches above normal for most areas. This led to the removal of almost all of the areas of D3 Extreme Drought across the region with reductions in the areas of D2 Severe Drought as well.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1141285. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.