Drought in Brookings, South Dakota

Drought March 31, 2026 · Brookings, South Dakota

What the National Weather Service wrote

Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to severe (D2) late month.

The wider storm

Precipitation was only 25 to 50 percent of normal across most of southeast South Dakota, and a low as 10 to 25 percent of normal in south central South Dakota during March.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1326741. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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