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The drought and heat wave conditions led many Midwestern cities to experience record heat. In Kansas City, Missouri, the high temperature was below 90 °F (32 °C) only twice and soared above the century mark (100 °F or 38 °C) for 17 days straight; in Memphis, Tennessee, the temperature reached an all-time high of 108 °F (42 °C) on July 13, 1980, part of a 15-day stretch of temperatures ...
This drought was very catastrophic for multiple reasons; it continued across the Upper Midwest States and North Plains States during 1989, not officially ending until 1990. [52] The conditions continued into 1989 and 1990, although the drought had ended in some states thanks to normal rainfalls returning to some portions of the United States. [53]
The catastrophic drought continued across the Upper Midwest and northern Great Plains states during 1989, not officially ending until 1990. [6] [7] Dry conditions continued during 1989, affecting Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, parts of Nebraska, [8] [9] Minnesota, [10] [11] Kansas and large portions of Colorado.
Houston announced Wednesday that outdoor water restrictions are now mandatory across the city, citing an increasing demand in water use, drought and extreme heat.
The City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Rohit Aggarwala said rain is a good start to reduce fire risk, but it doesn’t mean that the drought is over since the city has had a ...
However, the Lower Colorado River basin snowpack is still extremely low, and a "snow drought" has been declared in many states: "Exceptional snow drought persists in the Southwest (Arizona ...
On July 15, temperatures finally began to decline over most areas while other isolated areas still saw heat still increase. Missouri hit an all-time high of 115 °F (46.1 °C) in Clinton, Missouri. Peoria, Illinois, hit 113 °F (45.0 °C) and Quincy hit 114 °F (45.6 °C), setting all-time records for those cities. [18]
Get the Missouri City, TX local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Rain is about to return to drought-stricken Southern California as an atmospheric river douses the state ...