Iowa, 2022Drought in Iowa, October 11 to 31, 2022
October 11 to 31, 2022 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone
While temperatures were much closer to normal in October, precipitation was generally less than 25 percent of normal, leading to the maintenance of long-term drought conditions.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $295,000
- 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.
While temperatures were much closer to normal in October, precipitation was generally less than 25 percent of normal, leading to the maintenance of long-term drought conditions.
Drought, Dickinson
- When
- October 11, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $295,000
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 43.378, -95.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Despite temperatures near normal, precipitation at Spirit Lake was less than 25 percent of normal during October. Severe (D2) drought conditions developed mid-month. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
- 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.
- Drought in Minnesota, October 11 to 31, 2022$2.6 million · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, October 11 to 12, 20221 in hail · 10 events
- High Wind in Montana, October 11 to 12, 202256 kt wind · 7 events
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Guam, October 11, 2022$500 · 4 events
- Drought in Texas, October 11 to 31, 20224 events
- Drought in Arkansas, October 11 to 31, 20224 events
- Drought in Nebraska, October 11 to 31, 20223 events
- Drought in Missouri, October 11 to 31, 20223 events
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in California, October 11 to 12, 20223 events
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, October 11 to 13, 20223 events
- Drought in Alabama, October 11 to 31, 20222 events
- High Wind in Wyoming, October 11, 202253 kt wind · 2 events
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: 1057379.