North Dakota, 2023

Drought in North Dakota, November 1 to 30, 2023

November 1 to 30, 2023 · NWS FGF · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

D2 drought persisted from October 2023 in 5 counties in North 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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
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 FGF wrote it up.

D2 drought persisted from October 2023 in 5 counties in North 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 5:25 PM CST, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 5:25 PM CST, 6 hours 35 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Cavalier

When
November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Cavalier forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
48.772, -98.465 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

D2 drought detected in Cavalier county from November 1st through the 30th.

Drought, Eastern Walsh

When
November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Eastern Walsh forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
48.370, -97.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

D2 drought detected in Walsh county from November 1st through the 30th.

Drought, Western Walsh

When
November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Western Walsh forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
48.370, -97.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

D2 drought detected in Walsh county from November 1st through the 30th.

Drought, Pembina

When
November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Pembina forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
48.768, -97.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

D2 drought detected in Pembina county from November 1st through the 30th.

Drought, Ramsey

When
November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Ramsey forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
48.269, -98.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

D2 drought detected in Ramsey county from November 1st through the 30th.

Drought, Towner

When
November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Towner forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
48.686, -99.246 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

D2 drought detected in Towner county from November 1st through the 30th.

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

More

Every storm in North Dakota in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, November 2023

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: 1145914, 1145915, 1145916, 1145917, 1145918, 1145919.