Drought — Craig, Oklahoma

2024-09-01 to 2024-09-30 · Craig, Oklahoma

Wider weather episode

Much of eastern Oklahoma received between one and three inches of rain during September, with isolated areas of nearly five inches observed in east central Oklahoma. The exceptions were in southeastern Oklahoma, where areas received less than one and a half inches of rain for the month, and across much of northeastern Oklahoma, where less than one half inch occurred. The rainfall across far southeastern Oklahoma and much of northeastern Oklahoma during September corresponded to less than 25 percent of the normal average precipitation for the month. Portions of northeastern Oklahoma received less than 5 percent of the normal average precipitation for the month. As a result of this large rainfall deficit and seasonally typical hot weather, severe (D2) drought conditions expanded across much of Choctaw and Pushmataha Counties, and developed across much of northeastern Oklahoma north of Highway 412. Extreme (D3) drought conditions developed during the month across portions of Osage, Washington, Nowata, Craig, Rogers, and Mayes Counties. Monetary damage estimates as a result of the drought were not available.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1215402. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.