Drought — Dewey, South Dakota

2024-10-08 to 2024-10-31 · Dewey, South Dakota

Wider weather episode

September featured record warmth with the ASOS at Mobridge recording a record warm average temperature for the month, including tying/exceeding a record high 3 times in the last week of September. This combined with a lack of moisture, with only 0.01 inches of precipitation recorded for the entire month of September in Mobridge, set the stage for the development and expansion of D2/Severe Drought across north central South Dakota at the start of October. Conditions did not improve during the month either, with Mobridge then seeing the 3rd warmest average temperature, with 2 additional record high temperatures observed, and only an additional 0.08 inches of moisture.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1213123. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.