Drought in Northern Phillips, Montana

Drought January 1, 2022 – January 31, 2022 · Northern Phillips, Montana

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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 998813. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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