1. Adnan Akyuz, Ph.D. NDSU, AES State Climatologist Updated 10/5/2017
Drought Conditions
Adnan Akyuz, Ph.D.
NDSU, AES
State Climatologist
Updated 10/5/2017

2. Into the Drought 2017 for ND Period Precipitation Ranking Fall 2016
14th Wettest
Winter
6th Wettest
September through February
9th Wettest 6-mo Period
March 2017
48th Driest
April 2017
34th Driest
May 2017
15th Driest
Spring 2017
9th Driest Spring
June
14th Driest
July
11th Driest
August
21st Wettest
Summer
19th Driest
March through August
8th Driest

3. Precipitation Accumulation Since June 1 in Select Locations in ND (Ranking)
Precipitation Totals Since June 1st
Weekly Change
Fargo
32nd Driest (Record History: 137 years) -1
Grand Forks
53rd Wettest (Record History: 125 years)
Bismarck
53rd Wettest (Record History: 143 years) -4
Williston
55th Wettest (Record History: 124 years) 4
Bottineau
49th Driest (Record History: 121 years) -5
Bowman
7th Driest (Record History: 103 years)
Crosby
17th Driest (Record History: 111 years) 2
Minot
29th Driest (Record History: 113 years) 7

4. 7-Day Rainfall total

5. 30-Day Rainfall
Total Accumulation
% of Normal

6. Long Term Precipitation % of Normal
60 Days
90 Days

7. (% Change from previous week)
Cumulative % area
(% Change from previous week) D1
60%
(-3%) DO
72%
(-17%) D3 2%
(-1%)
28%
(17%) D2
19%
(-5%)

8. State Coverage and Intensity

9. Drought Change
One-week Change
4-week Change

10. State Coverage and Intensity (Time Scale)
329
(Aug 8, 2006)
295
(Aug 8, 2017)
153
(-26)
*Drought Severity and Coverage Index = DOx1+D1x2+D2x3+D3x4+D4x5
*Akyuz (2007)

11. 7-day Forecast
Mon 7am, Oct 5 through Mon 7am, Oct 12

12. Medium Range Forecast
8-14 Day Precipitation
8-14 Day Temperature

13. Medium Range Forecast
Week 3-4 Precipitation
Week 3-4 Temperature

14. 3-Mounth Outlook: November through January
Precipitation
Temperature