Drought in Alabama

Events

2,670

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$100,000

• Drought in Alabama, September 1 to 30, 1998$100,000 · 1 eventThe rainfall total for September was 0.48 inches, the lowest total for any September on record.
• Drought in Alabama, August 1 to 31, 200639 eventsSevere (D2) to extreme (D3) drought conditions, that developed in July, continued and spread across all of Central Alabama through the month of August.
• Drought in Alabama, September 1 to 19, 200639 eventsD2 (severe) to isolated D3 (extreme) drought conditions continued from the summer through the first half of September. Several bouts of significant precipitation in the middle of the month helped conditions improve to better than D2 drought by the morning of the 19th.
• Drought in Alabama, July 1 to 31, 200739 eventsSevere (D2) to Exceptional (D4) drought conditions continued across all of Central Alabama through the month of July, despite a small increase in the frequency and amount of rainfall. Agricultural, hydrologic, and socioligical impacts continued to be widely felt.
• Drought in Alabama, August 1 to 31, 200739 eventsContinued dry and very hot conditions across Central Alabama in the month of August led to worsening drought conditions.
• Drought in Alabama, December 1 to 31, 200739 eventsDrought conditions continued across most of Central Alabama through the month of December, with monthly rainfall deficits around 2 to 3 inches.
• Drought in Alabama, October 1 to 31, 200739 eventsDrought conditions continued across most of Central Alabama through the month of October, despite the rainfall received from a pair of storm systems that brought some showers and thunderstorms to the state during the latter half of the month.
• Drought in Alabama, September 1 to 30, 200739 eventsDrought conditions continued across Central Alabama through the month of September, despite slightly increased thunderstorm activity and rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Humberto.
• Drought in Alabama, November 1 to 30, 200739 eventsDrought conditions continued across most of Central Alabama through the month of November, despite the rainfall received from several storm systems that brought some showers and thunderstorms to the state.
• Drought in Alabama, January 1 to 31, 200839 eventsDrought conditions continued across most of Central Alabama through the month of January, with monthly rainfall deficits ranging from .5 to 2.5 inches.
• Drought in Alabama, December 1 to 31, 201639 eventsBelow normal rainfall continued for a majority of central Alabama during the month of December. There were a few areas that received near or just above normal monthly rainfall amounts, including the northwest counties and those counties along and south of the I-85 corridor.
• Drought in Alabama, November 1 to 30, 201637 eventsMany locations across central Alabama received little or no rainfall during a majority of the month of November. Drought conditions continued to worsen with Extreme (D3) to Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions covering all 39 counties in central Alabama.
• Drought in Alabama, June 1 to 30, 200736 eventsBelow normal rainfall (generally one to three inches) across Central Alabama through the month of June exacerbated the ongoing drought conditions. By the end of the month, all or portions of 24 Central Alabama counties were placed in the Exceptional (D4) Drought category.
• Drought in Alabama, February 1 to 29, 200835 eventsSeveral storm systems across Central Alabama brought limited improvement to the ongoing drought, that had begun in the Spring of 2007. By the end of February, only about 10 percent of Central Alabama remained in Exceptional (D4) Drought.
• Drought in Alabama, March 1 to 31, 200835 eventsSeveral storm systems across Central Alabama brought limited improvement to the ongoing drought, that had begun in the Spring of 2007.
• Drought in Alabama, May 1 to 31, 202633 eventsWorsening drought conditions continued into early May across Central Alabama. Following a severe weather event on May 6-7 in which 3 to 5 inches of rain fell across southern counties of Central Alabama, conditions began to slowly improve.
• Drought in Alabama, May 1 to 31, 200830 eventsSeveral storm systems across Central Alabama brought limited improvement to the ongoing drought that had begun in the Spring of 2007, but also helped keep the drought from getting worse.
• Drought in Alabama, April 1 to 30, 200830 eventsSeveral storm systems across Central Alabama brought some improvement to the ongoing drought, that had begun in the Spring of 2007.
• Drought in Alabama, August 1 to 26, 200826 eventsDespite several storm systems that brought scattered rain during the beginning of the month, Severe (D2) Drought conditions continued in much of central Alabama through the middle of the month.
• Drought in Alabama, May 1 to 31, 200725 eventsRainfall was much below normal across Central Alabama throughout the month of May, and severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought conditions continued to develop and spread across the area.
• Drought in Alabama, April 1 to 30, 200725 eventsA lack of rainfall through the month of April continued the severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought conditions across a large part of Central Alabama, that had begun in March. Hydrologic and agricultural impacts were felt across the area.
• Drought in Alabama, July 18 to 31, 200624 eventsAn extended period of low rainfall caused severe drought (D2) conditions to spread northward into most of Central Alabama, including all but the northeastern counties. Hydrologic and agricultural impacts lasted through the remainder of the month.
• Drought in Alabama, October 18 to 31, 201624 eventsMany locations across central Alabama received little or no rainfall during the month of October.
• Drought in Alabama, January 1 to 31, 202424 eventsDry conditions over the last few months of 2023 lingered into January. Drought levels slowly improved during the month, with 6-10 inches of rainfall across Central Alabama throughout January.
• Drought in Alabama, November 1 to 30, 201123 eventsBelow average rainfall persisted through the first part of November offering no relief to drought stricken areas. The most severe drought conditions were located in east-central and southeast sections of central Alabama.

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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 2026-09-24.