Drought — Southern Cayuga, New York

2016-10-01 to 2016-10-28 · Southern Cayuga, New York

Event narrative

The county improved from D3 - Extreme Drought to a D2 - Severe drought classification this month.

Wider weather episode

A moderate to heavy rain event on the 21st of the month helped to ease the drought across the Finger Lakes Region and Central Southern Tier. The U.S. Drought Monitor Extreme Drought classification was improved to just long term Severe Drought in areas extending from west of Binghamton to Penn Yan, New York. Moderate Drought surrounds the rest of the counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 658353. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.