Montana, 2025Drought in Montana, January 1 to 31, 2025
January 1 to 31, 2025 · NWS GGW · 8 events in 8 counties and zones
D2 to D3 drought conditions continued through January, mainly in the southeast portions of northeast Montana.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
D2 to D3 drought conditions continued through January, mainly in the southeast portions of northeast Montana.
Drought, Richland
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM MST to January 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Richland forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 47.788, -104.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
D2 through D3 drought conditions continued across eastern portions of Richland county through January.
Drought, Dawson
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM MST to January 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Dawson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 47.266, -104.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
D2 through D3 drought conditions continued across Dawson County to begin the month. |However these conditions slowly improved to D2 drought conditions by the end of January.
Drought, Wibaux
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM MST to January 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Wibaux forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 46.965, -104.249 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
D3 drought conditions continued across Wibaux County through January.
Drought, Prairie
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM MST to January 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Prairie forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 46.861, -105.378 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
D2 through D3 drought conditions continued across Prairie County to begin the month, |before improving by the end of the month. However, D2 drought lingered over the eastern 2/3 of the county.
Drought, Garfield
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM MST to January 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 47.278, -106.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
D2 drought conditions continued over the far eastern portions of the county to begin the month, before improving to D1 by the end of the month.
Drought, McCone
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM MST to January 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- McCone forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 47.645, -105.795 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
D2 drought conditions continued in the central and southern portions of the county to |begin the month, before improving to D1 by the end of the month.
Drought, Western Roosevelt
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM MST to January 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Western Roosevelt forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 48.295, -105.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
D2 drought conditions continued over the extreme eastern portions of the county to begin the month, before improving to D1 by the end of the month.
Drought, Sheridan
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM MST to January 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 48.721, -104.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
D2 drought conditions continued in the extreme southeastern corner of the county to begin the month, before improving to D1 by the end of the month.
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
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