Drought — Washburn, Wisconsin

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

Event narrative

September began with D3 Extreme Drought conditions across most of the county along with D2 Severe Drought in the corners of the county. The area of D3 Extreme Drought expanded across most of the county with the update on the 5th, aside from a sliver of D2 Severe Drought in the far southwest corner. Slight improvement was seen with the update on the 12th as D2 Severe Drought was added in the northeastern corner of the county. All D3 Extreme Drought was removed from the county with the update on the 26th, leaving D2 Severe Drought across the county. Rainfall for the month was slightly above normal.

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 1141287. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.