Drought, Buffalo
- When
- June 13, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -99.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in South Dakota, June 13 to 30, 2023
While the area began with next to no drought to start June, an extended period of significantly above normal temperatures by 8 to 13 degrees with highs in the 80s and 90s along with only spotty precipitation over the first third of the month resulted in the development and expansion of D2/Severe Drought in part across portions of south central South Dakota. Regarding impacts, fine fuels quickly…
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.
While the area began with next to no drought to start June, an extended period of significantly above normal temperatures by 8 to 13 degrees with highs in the 80s and 90s along with only spotty precipitation over the first third of the month resulted in the development and expansion of D2/Severe Drought in part across portions of south central South Dakota.
Regarding impacts, fine fuels quickly dried out which increased fire danger on dry and windy days. Winter wheat production was expected to be limited across areas that had missed out on localized rains through June 18th as well.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Lyman
- When
- June 20, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 43.896, -99.847 (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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 13 to 16, 2023
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, June 13 to 17, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13, 2023
- Drought in Illinois, June 13 to 30, 2023
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 13, 2023
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 13, 2023
- Hail in Arkansas, June 13, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 13, 2023
- Drought in Iowa, June 13 to 30, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 13, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13, 2023
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 13, 2023
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: 1098654, 1098655.