Drought, Caroline
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Maryland, July 31, 1998
July 1998 started a run of drier than normal weather across most of the Maryland Eastern Shore. 4 inches and were about half of normal.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
July 1998 started a run of drier than normal weather across most of the Maryland Eastern Shore. On a county weighted average, rainfall totals for the month of July were between 1.2 and 2.4 inches and were about half of normal. The driest conditions occurred across Talbot and Caroline Counties. In Talbot County, only 30 percent of the normal July rainfall fell. The lack of rain contributed to two small brush fires along U.S. Route 50 in Easton on July 24th and 25th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Cecil
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Cecil forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Kent
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Queen Annes
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Queen Annes forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Talbot
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 31, 1998
- Drought in New Jersey, July 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Idaho, July 31, 1998
- Drought in Pennsylvania, July 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, July 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5664708, 5664709, 5664710, 5664711, 5664712.