Northeast News

Mix of Improvement and Deterioration
For much of the Northeast, drought and abnormally dry conditions were unchanged from last week. With that said, there was some improvement in places like western New York and Vermont but some deterioration in places like northern New York and southern Maine. A storm is bringing much-needed precipitation as of October 30.

• All of Vermont remained in drought for a record-setting ninth consecutive week (since the U.S. Drought Monitor began in 2000).
• 42.65% of Maine is in extreme drought, its highest such coverage since January 2002 and its fifth highest such coverage since the Drought Monitor began in 2000.
• Extreme drought contracted in Vermont, New Hampshire, and western Maine but spread in southern Maine.
• Severe and moderate drought contracted in western New York and western Pennsylvania, while moderate drought expanded in northern New York and western Maryland.
• Streamflow and groundwater levels remain below normal in multiple areas, with hundreds of dry/low well reports in Vermont and Maine.
• Impacts such as reduced hay yields, use of supplemental feed for livestock, and low or dried up water sources continue to be reported.
• The short-term outlook for November 4-8 favors near-normal precipitation for a majority of the Northeast, while the outlook for November 6-12 favors near- or above-normal precipitation for most areas.

For the latest information, visit the Northeast DEWS Dashboard (to see the full Northeast, click on the grayed-out Pennsylvania in the map in the top left) and the Northeast Drought Update. Submit drought impact reports via the Condition Monitoring Observer Reports (CMOR) page.

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