Articles tagged under: U.S. Drought Monitor

Drought Conditions Expand in the Dakotas

Published April 8, 2021

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor says extreme drought now covers more than 70 percent of North Dakota, covering the west, central and northeast portions of the state. The rest of North Dakota is in moderate to severe drought.  All of…

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Drought Conditions Remain in the Northern Plains

Published March 4, 2021

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows little change in drought conditions across the Northern Plains the past week. Sixty-eight percent of North Dakota is in severe drought which encompasses the western two-thirds of the state. The southeastern portion of North…

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Dry Conditions in Northern Plains Remain at Year End

Published January 3, 2021

The Northern Plains is ending the year with very dry conditions. According to the final U.S. Drought Monitor of 2020, North Dakota has an increase in moderately dry conditions from the previous week. Extreme drought curls across a section stretching…

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Drought Expands Across the Northern Plains

Published June 26, 2020

The ever-increasing area of abnormally dry conditions, or D1 moderate drought, continues to stretch across North Dakota. Essentially, the western two-thirds of North Dakota are in one of two drought condition categories. As of Thursday, there is a small area…

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Traders May Pay Closer Attention to U.S. Drought Monitor

Published May 8, 2020

The U.S. Drought Monitor isn't getting much attention from traders, but that could change. "We're looking at an expanded drought area for the high plains. It increased a few percentage points compared to last week and got into a deeper…

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Drought Improves Across Portions of ND

Published August 22, 2019

The rains that fell across North Dakota in the last week helped alleviate drought in portions of the state. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows a significant decline in D0 or abnormally dry conditions in Dunn and Mercer counties in…

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Drought Conditions Increase Across ND

Published August 16, 2019

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows an increase in drought across the northern part of North Dakota. Pierce and Benson counties are now in D2 or severe drought. Portions of Cavalier, Pembina, Towner and Walsh counties went from D0 or…

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Drought Conditions Expand Across Midwest

Published August 8, 2019

In addition to drought expansion in North Dakota and Minnesota, drought conditions are also expanding across the Midwest. In the latest U.S. drought monitor, abnormally dry conditions are expanding across Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. The last 30 days brought…

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Little Change in Dry Conditions

Published August 2, 2019

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, there was little change in dry conditions throughout North Dakota over the past week. Portions of Pierce and Benson counties, located in the northeast part of the state, remain in D1 or moderate drought.…

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Drought Conditions Improve Slightly in Northern ND

Published June 28, 2019

Recent rains are helping improve dry conditions in northern North Dakota. The U.S. Drought Monitor reduced the D2 severe drought area from eight to six counties this week. It also shows a reduction in the D1 moderate drought conditions. Only…

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