Pennsylvania, 2000

Drought in Pennsylvania, October 31, 2000

October 31, 2000 · NWS PHI · 10 events in 10 counties and zones

October 2000 was an unseasonably dry month across Eastern Pennsylvania. 6 inches in Carbon County.

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

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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.

October 2000 was an unseasonably dry month across Eastern Pennsylvania. On a county weighted average monthly precipitation totals ranged from 1.0 inch in Delaware County to 1.6 inches in Carbon County. Normal monthly precipitation is around 3.3 inches. The monthly precipitation totals at the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley International Airports were 1.50 inches and 1.11 inches respectively. While the dry weather did minimal agricultural damage, it left the region susceptible to brush and forest fires because of the newly fallen leaves.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

10 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Berks

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Berks forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Bucks

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Bucks forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought, Carbon

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Carbon forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Chester

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Chester forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought, Delaware

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Delaware forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.917, -75.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lehigh

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Lehigh forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
40.613, -75.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Monroe

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Monroe forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Montgomery

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought, Northampton

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Northampton forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Philadelphia

When
October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Philadelphia forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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.

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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: 5157756, 5157757, 5157758, 5157759, 5157760, 5157761, 5157762, 5157763, 5157764, 5157765.