The lack of rain caused the lost of soil moisture as well levels continue to decrease. This is impacting vegetation, which is showing signs of stress.
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.
The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
The lack of rain caused the lost of soil moisture as well levels continue to decrease. This is impacting vegetation, which is showing signs of stress. The access to water is also impacting the agriculture sectors.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The lack of rains and dry soils, as well as current impacts to agriculture and vegetation have lead to the continuation of a Severe Drought (D2) across Saint Thomas. Saint John remained free of drought.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, December 2023
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: 1149091.