Drought — Northern Phillips, Montana

2022-01-01 to 2022-01-31 · Northern Phillips, Montana

Event narrative

To start the month of January, ongoing drought conditions were at (D3-Extreme) for all of Northern Phillips County. By the last week in January, all but the far western edge of Northern Phillips County had improved to (D2-Severe) drought, while the western edge remained in (D3-Extreme) drought.

Wider weather episode

A cooler and wetter than average December led to some improvement to drought conditions at the beginning of January. However January turned out to be a warmer and drier than average month so extreme drought conditions continue to persist across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 998813. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.