Drought — Eastern Roosevelt, Montana

2024-10-01 to 2024-10-31 · Eastern Roosevelt, Montana

Event narrative

To start October, the middle strip and southeastern corner remained in D-2 Severe drought, but the northeastern quarter of the county worsened to D-3 Extreme drought.

On the second week of October, the western half of the county worsened to D-2 Severe drought and all of the eastern half of Eastern Roosevelt County worsened to D-3 Extreme drought. On the third week of October, the western quarter of Eastern Roosevelt County had worsened to D-2 Severe drought, with the eastern three quarters of the county now all in D-3 Extreme drought. These conditions would remain the same through the end of the month.

Wider weather episode

Above normal temperatures and dry conditions during October allowed drought conditions to continue.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1215927. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.