Drought — Micronesia, Guam

2025-05-01 to 2025-05-31 · Micronesia, Guam

Event narrative

By the beginning of May, Pingelap in Pohnpei State degraded to D2 (Severe) drought, after only getting 0.90 inches of rain during the last two weeks of April. Pingelap remained at D2 through the month of May, ending the month with 3.74 inches of rainfall.

Wider weather episode

Prolong periods of dry weather continued across the Marshall Islands causing drought to worsen, especially for the northern islands near and north of 7N. Pingelap in Pohnpei State saw little to no precipitation during the last two weeks of April, so drought worsen while most islands across the Federated State of Micronesia saw 1.5 inches or more of rain.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1274690. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.