1. Adnan Akyuz, Ph.D. NDSU, AES State Climatologist Updated 8/24/2017
Drought Conditions
Adnan Akyuz, Ph.D.
NDSU, AES
State Climatologist
Updated 8/24/2017

2. Prelude to Drought 2017 for ND
Period
Precipitation Ranking
Fall 2016
14th Wettest
Winter
6th Wettest
September through February
9th Wettest 6-mo Period
March 2017
48th Driest
April 2017
34th Driest
May 2017
15th Driest
Spring 2017
9th Driest Spring
June
14th Driest
July
11th Driest
March-July
3rd Driest 5-mo Period

3. Precipitation Accumulation Since March 1 in Select Locations in ND (Ranking)
Precipitation Totals Since March 1st
Weekly Change
Fargo
14th Driest (Record History: 137 years) -3
Grand Forks
26th Driest (Record History: 125 years) -4
Bismarck
53rd Driest (Record History: 143 years) -7
Williston
18th Driest (Record History: 124 years)
Minot
7th Driest (Record History: 113 years) -1
Bowman
5th Driest (Record History: 103 years)
Crosby
7th Driest (Record History: 111 years)
new
Bottineau
39th Driest (Record History: 121 years)

4. 7-Day Rainfall total

5. 30-Day Rainfall
Total Accumulation
% of Normal

6. Long Term Precipitation % of Normal
60 Days
90 Days

7. (% Change from previous week)
Cumulative % area
(% Change from previous week) D1
63%
(+19) DO
100%
(0) D4
<1%
(-5) D3
22%
(+22) D2
53%
(+9)
<1%
(0)

8. Drought Change
1 Week
4 Weeks

9. State Coverage and Intensity (Time Scale)
*Drought Severity and Coverage Index = DOx1+D1x2+D2x3+D3x4+D4x5
*Akyuz (2007)

10. State Coverage and Intensity

11. 7-day Forecast
Thu 7am, Aug 24 through Thu 7am, Aug 31

12. Medium Range Forecast
8-14 Day Precipitation
8-14 Day Temperature

13. 3-Mounth Outlook (September through November)
Precipitation
Temperature

14. Drought Outlook