Drought — Northern Centre, Pennsylvania

2020-10-01 to 2020-10-31 · Northern Centre, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Much of northern Centre County experienced severe drought conditions as noted on the United States Drought Monitor.

Wider weather episode

Severe drought conditions were observed across a wide area of central Pennsylvania through the month of October 2020. The counties impacted were: Potter, Tioga, Cameron, McKean, Clinton, Lycoming, Clearfield, Centre, Huntingdon, Blair and Union. Several public water suppliers were on mandatory and voluntary restrictions, and some agricultural impacts likely occurred.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 926512. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.