1. Adnan Akyuz, Ph.D. NDSU, AES State Climatologist Updated 8/31/2017
Drought Conditions
Adnan Akyuz, Ph.D.
NDSU, AES
State Climatologist
Updated 8/31/2017

2. Prelude to 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
March-July
3rd Driest 5-mo Period
August (unofficial/preliminary)
21st Wettest
March through August (unofficial/Preliminary)
9th Driest

3. Precipitation Accumulation Since March 1 in Select Locations in ND (Ranking)
Precipitation Totals Since March 1st
Weekly Change
Fargo
10th Driest (Record History: 137 years) -1
Grand Forks
20th Driest (Record History: 125 years) -6
Bismarck
45th Driest (Record History: 143 years) -2
Williston
16th Driest (Record History: 124 years)
Minot
7th Driest (Record History: 113 years) +2
Bowman
5th Driest (Record History: 103 years)
Crosby
10th Driest (Record History: 111 years)
Bottineau
35th Driest (Record History: 121 years)

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
66%
(+3) DO
100%
(0) D4
<1%
(0) D3
22%
(0)
<1%
(0) D2
51%
(-2)

8. Drought Change
One-week Change
4-week Change

9. State Coverage and Intensity (Time Scale)
*Drought Severity and Coverage Index = DOx1+D1x2+D2x3+D3x4+D4x5
*Akyuz (2007)

10. State Coverage and Intensity

11. 7-day Forecast
Thu 7am, Aug 31 through Thu 7am, Sep 7

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. 1-Month Forecast
September Precipitation
September Temperature

15. 3-Mounth Outlook (September through November)
Precipitation
Temperature

16. Drought Outlook