1. Adnan Akyuz, Ph.D. NDSU, AES State Climatologist Updated 8/17/2017
Drought Conditions
Adnan Akyuz, Ph.D.
NDSU, AES
State Climatologist
Updated 8/17/2017

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

3. Precipitation Accumulation Since March 1 in Select Locations in ND (Ranking)
Precipitation Totals Since March 1st
Weekly Change
Fargo
17th Driest (Record History: 137 years) +2
Grand Forks
30th Driest (Record History: 125 years)
Bismarck
60th Driest (Record History: 143 years)
+47
Williston
25th Driest (Record History: 124 years)
+12
Minot
8th Driest (Record History: 113 years) +1
Bowman
6th Driest (Record History: 103 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
82%
(0) D2
63%
(+1) DO
100%
(+3)
<1%
(-3) D4 5%
(-3) D3
44%
(+1)

8. Drought Change
1 Week
8 Weeks

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 17 through Thu 7am, Aug 24

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

13. 3-Mounth Outlook (September through November)
Precipitation
Temperature

14. Drought Outlook