Drought, Price
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Price forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 45.680, -90.361 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Wisconsin, October 1 to 31, 2008
S. Drought Monitor.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 DLH wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions developed in southern portions of Price County by the end of October, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The remainder of northwest Wisconsin remained in moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions. Precipitation was 75 to 100 percent of normal for the month of October in northwest Wisconsin.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Drought in North Carolina, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Kentucky, October 1 to 7, 2008
- Drought in Tennessee, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, October 1, 2008
- Drought in Wisconsin, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in South Carolina, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in California, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Hawaii, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail in North Carolina, October 1, 2008
- Lightning Strike in New York, October 1, 2008
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, October 2008
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: 137252.