Northeast News

Improvements for Many but Deterioration for Some
The U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday, August 13 showed drought and/or abnormally dry conditions improve along a path from eastern West Virginia to southeastern New Hampshire. However, conditions deteriorated in parts of northern New England. There were generally limited changes elsewhere in the region.

• Severe and/or moderate drought was reduced in areas from eastern West Virginia to southeastern New Hampshire but was introduced or expanded in Maine.
• Abnormal dryness was erased from portions of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts but spread in New Hampshire and Maine.
• Record-low seven-day streamflow was confined to only a few spots in parts of Maine and coastal New Jersey.
• Groundwater levels were record low in several areas including parts of Maryland, southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, southeastern Massachusetts, and southern Maine.
• The short-term outlooks for August 18-22 predict near- or above-normal precipitation and near- or above-normal temperatures for most of the Northeast, which could potentially bring improvements to locations that see notable rainfall amounts or keep conditions unchanged in areas that see less.

For more information, see 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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