Drought, Big Stone
- When
- October 18, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Big Stone forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 45.426, -96.411 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Minnesota, October 18 to 31, 2022
Severe D2 Drought conditions began in west central Minnesota during the second half of October. The area saw a prolonged period of below-average rainfall, as much as 5 to 7 inches since August, along with average temperatures one to three degrees above normal.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 ABR wrote it up.
Severe D2 Drought conditions began in west central Minnesota during the second half of October. The area saw a prolonged period of below-average rainfall, as much as 5 to 7 inches since August, along with average temperatures one to three degrees above normal. The National Agricultural Statistics Service showed topsoil moisture rated at 80 percent short or very short. The limited soil moisture, high winds, and harvest season sometimes created poor air quality.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Traverse
- When
- October 18, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Traverse forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 45.772, -96.472 (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
- Drought in Iowa, October 18 to 31, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, October 18, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in Missouri, October 18, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in Alabama, October 18 to 19, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in Alabama, October 18, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in Indiana, October 18, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, October 18 to 31, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, October 18, 2022
- Drought in Missouri, October 18 to 31, 2022
- Drought in North Dakota, October 18 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Hawaii, October 18 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Missouri, October 18 to 31, 2022
More
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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: 1061826, 1061827.