Drought, Berks
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Berks forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Pennsylvania, March 1 to 15, 1999
March continued the trend of above normal precipitation during 1999 across Eastern Pennsylvania. 1 inches above normal.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 10
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.
March continued the trend of above normal precipitation during 1999 across Eastern Pennsylvania. On a county weighted average, monthly precipitation totals ranged from 3.8 inches in Berks County to 5.6 inches in Delaware County and was around 1.1 inches above normal. The wettest conditions occurred across extreme southeast Pennsylvania, while the driest conditions were in western parts of the Poconos, Lehigh Valley and Berks County. On March 15th, the Governor's drought proclamation expired and the state Department of Environmental Protection issued a downgraded drought watch. The Susquehanna River Basin Commission on March 16th also downgraded the counties within its boundaries to a drought watch. The Delaware River Basin Commission had cancelled its drought warning on February 2nd.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Bucks
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bucks forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Drought, Carbon
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Chester
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chester forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Drought, Delaware
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -75.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Lehigh
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lehigh forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.613, -75.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Monroe
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Montgomery
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Drought, Northampton
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northampton forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Philadelphia
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.008, -75.134 (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
- Heavy Rain in Washington, March 1 to 15, 1999
- Flash Flood and Heavy Snow in Washington, March 1 to 31, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 1, 1999
- Cold in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Wisconsin, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Cold in Ohio, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 1999
- Drought in Maryland, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 1, 1999
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 1999
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5691493, 5691494, 5691495, 5691496, 5691497, 5691498, 5691570, 5691571, 5691572, 5691573.