The Curtain Comes Down on October
October's final act featured a heavy rainfall event that boosted monthly precipitation totals for many spots. Even so, precipitation amounts varied, allowing drought to intensify in some areas but improve in others. Much of the Northeast wrapped up the month on the warm side of normal.
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Beneficial Rain Brings Widespread Improvements
There were widespread improvements in drought and abnormally dry conditions in the Northeast this week as most areas saw at least an inch of precipitation. This precipitation also allowed streamflow to recover in multiple locations.
- Vermont’s record-long streak with 100% of the state in drought ended at nine weeks.
- Extreme drought was erased from West Virginia and contracted in Vermont.
- Severe and moderate drought was chipped away at in parts of most Northeast states.
- Seven-day streamflow improved but groundwater levels remained below normal in multiple areas.
- The short-term outlooks for November 14-20 favor near- to above-normal temperatures and near- or above-normal precipitation for much of the Northeast.
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Weather Station Data
Weather Station Data includes location-specific information, such as wind data, evapotranspiration, and daily almanacs.
CLIMOD 2 is a user-friendly website to find single-station and multi-station climate products for locations accross the country. For example, the Seasonal Ranking report produces a graph and table of extremes or other summaries for a specified period for each year.
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Recent Extreme Precipitation Changes in the Northeast U.S. compares the amounts and return periods of extreme precipitaiton events to a past reference year.
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