Drought in South Dakota, July 1 to 31, 2022

Name: Drought in South Dakota, July 1 to 31, 2022
Start: 2022-07-01T00:00
End: 2022-07-31T23:59
Location: South Dakota

July 1 to 31, 2022 · NWS FSD · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Above-normal temperatures with below-normal precipitation led to the stagnation or slight worsening of severe to extreme drought conditions across southeast South Dakota.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $135 million
Events: 6

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 FSD wrote it up.

Above-normal temperatures with below-normal precipitation led to the stagnation or slight worsening of severe to extreme drought conditions across southeast South Dakota.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 5:28 PM CST, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 5:28 PM CST, 6 hours 32 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Bon Homme

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bon Homme forecast zone
Crop damage: $43 million
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 42.988, -97.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions remained in place through July, which featured temperatures of 2 to 3 degrees above normal with 50 to 75 percent of normal precipitation. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Drought, Charles Mix

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Charles Mix forecast zone
Crop damage: $17 million
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.208, -98.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions worsened to extreme (D3) drought in early July, which featured temperatures of 2 to 3 degrees above normal with 75 to 100 percent of normal precipitation. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Drought, Clay

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Crop damage: $25 million
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 42.915, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme (D3) drought conditions remained in place through July, which featured temperatures of 2 to 3 degrees above normal and 50 to 100 percent of normal precipitation. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Drought, Gregory

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Gregory forecast zone
Crop damage: $4.6 million
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.192, -99.186 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Union

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Union forecast zone
Crop damage: $11 million
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 42.833, -96.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme (D3) drought conditions remained in place through July, which featured temperatures of 2 to 3 degrees above normal and 50 to 75 percent of normal precipitation. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Drought, Yankton

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Yankton forecast zone
Crop damage: $34 million
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 43.009, -97.395 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe (D2) drought conditions worsened to extreme (D3) drought in late July, which featured temperatures of 2 to 3 degrees above normal with 50 to 75 percent of normal precipitation. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, July 2022

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: 1047118, 1047119, 1047120, 1047121, 1047122, 1047123.