Drought — Clinton, Indiana

2024-12-01 to 2024-12-31 · Clinton, Indiana

Event narrative

Severe Drought intensity began on October 29, 2024 north and west of Frankfort, and continued over this quadrant of the county amid slightly below normal precipitation through November 2024. Following two-week precipitation under 1.00 inch, Severe Drought expanded over central and northeastern portions of Clinton County on December 10th. Subsequent above normal three-week precipitation around 2.75 to 3.70 inches, led by 1.75 to 2.50 inches through the month's last week, promoted improvement to Moderate Drought over these effected areas of the county on December 31st.

Wider weather episode

Severe Drought (D2) had expanded across much of northern Indiana through October 2024, including all of Carroll County and portions of 8 other northern central Indiana counties by October 29th. Severe Drought then shrank slightly over central Indiana on both November 12th and November 26th, with D2 prevalent through three counties in the Lafayette/Frankfort areas, and over small portions of four counties between the Kokomo and Muncie areas at the start of December. Mainly dry conditions through early December led to an increase in Severe Drought over three counties from the Kokomo to Tipton areas on December 10th, with subsequent ample three-week rainfall around 3.00 to 4.00 inches promoting a widespread improvement of D2 to Moderate Drought on December 31st, 2024.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1225315. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.