The severe drought that developed across southeast Minnesota in early September, ended during the first week of October. 5 and 5 inches of rain fell across the region, which lifted the drought status out of the severe category.
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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.
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
The severe drought that developed across southeast Minnesota in early September, ended during the first week of October. Between 1.5 and 5 inches of rain fell across the region, which lifted the drought status out of the severe category.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The severe drought across the eastern portions of Houston County was downgraded to moderate after 3 to 5 inches of rain fell during the first week of October.
The severe drought across the eastern portions of Wabasha County was downgraded to moderate after 1.5 to 3 inches of rain fell during the first week of October.
The severe drought across the eastern portions of Winona County was downgraded to moderate after 3 to 5 inches of rain fell during the first week of October.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, October 2013
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: 475405, 475407, 475408.