Drought, Dorchester
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $2.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.423, -76.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Maryland, November 1 to 30, 1998
A very dry period from July through November resulted in drought-like conditions across much of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore. This caused significant crop damage and other drought-related problems throughout much of the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $6.0 million
- Events
- 3
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 AKQ wrote it up.
A very dry period from July through November resulted in drought-like conditions across much of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore. This caused significant crop damage and other drought-related problems throughout much of the area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Somerset
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $2.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -75.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Wicomico
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Wicomico forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $2.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.369, -75.631 (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
- Flooding in Kansas, November 1 to 5, 1998
- Drought in Virginia, November 1 to 30, 1998
- Drought in Maryland, November 1 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, November 1 to 4, 1998
- Drought in Virginia, November 1 to 25, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 1 to 13, 1998
- Drought in North Carolina, November 1 to 25, 1998
- Drought in West Virginia, November 1 to 25, 1998
- Drought in North Carolina, November 1 to 30, 1998
- Drought in Texas, November 1 to 30, 1998
- Drought in Texas, November 1 to 30, 1998
- Drought in Virginia, November 1 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5677574, 5677575, 5677576.