Drought — Marshall Islands, Guam

2017-08-01 to 2017-08-31 · Marshall Islands, Guam

Event narrative

The Experimental Drought Assessment of the U.S. Drought Monitor showed that Utirik in the northern Marshall Islands remained at long-term exceptional drought (Drought Level 4 of 4)

Wotje worsened to long-term extreme drought (Drought Level 3 of 4).

Rainfall amounts illustrate the dry conditions as Utirik saw only 3.79 inches of rainfall during the month as opposed to the usual 7.41 inches.

Wotje had shown improvement over the last few months, but August rainfall was lower than average with 1.04 inches this month compared to the average August rainfall of 5.20 inches.

Wider weather episode

Dry weather prevails across parts of Micronesia. The rainfall has been so light that drought conditions persist across many islands.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 712964. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.