Drought in Pittsburg, Oklahoma

Eastern Oklahoma experienced only one rainfall event during the month of February. During this mid-month event, rainfall across the region ranged from one hundredth to one tenth of an inch across portions of northeastern Oklahoma to as much as three to four inches across portions of east central and southeastern Oklahoma. The rainfall that fell across eastern Oklahoma in February was below the monthly average amounts for much of the region, with a large portion of northeastern Oklahoma only receiving from one to five percent of monthly average precipitation amounts. These very dry conditions, compounding on several months of dry weather, allowed the drought that developed across portions of the region in January to expand in February. Severe (D2) drought conditions developed across all of Washington, Nowata, Craig, Ottawa, Rogers, Mayes, Delaware, Wagoner, and Cherokee Counties, and developed across portions of Tulsa, Muskogee, Adair, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, and Choctaw Counties. Extreme (D3) drought conditions developed into portions of Choctaw, Ottawa, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner, Cherokee, Muskogee and Adair Counties during the month. Monetary damage estimates as a result of the drought were not available.