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The area had suffered a severe drought in 1961, followed by severe flooding in 1962. ... Idaho Falls, and Blackfoot. By January 4, 1977, seven months after the ...
These droughts continued from the 1940s drought in the Southwestern United States, New Mexico and Texas during 1950 and 1951; the drought was widespread through the Central Plains, Midwest and certain Rocky Mountain States, particularly between the years 1953 and 1957, and by 1956 parts of central Nebraska reached a drought index of −7, three ...
Maps show NOAA's weather outlook. Greta Cross, USA TODAY ... Idaho and Montana, ... NOAA reports, perpetuating the regions' drought. Specifically, there is a 50-60% chance that there will be less ...
Stats on the now record-setting Fall 2024 drought 48 states have some drought, most in #DroughtMonitor history. 87.2% of the Lower 48 and 73.2% of the US are Abnormally Dry (D0) or in drought ...
The drought is largely driven by temperature, which increases the rate of evaporation, with some contribution from the lack of precipitation. The several wet years since 2000 were not sufficient to end the drought. Researchers calculated that without climate change-induced evaporation, the precipitation in 2005 would have broken the drought.
4. More Expansive West Drought Headed Into Spring. Spring 2025 will kick off with a more expansive and severe drought in parts of the Plains and West than one year ago.
Drought conditions are expected to worsen across large sections of the Central and Southern Rockies and Plains and also in the Southeast, as shown in the yellow shading on the map below. An ...
Summer droughts and fires would be more probable, as well as a higher number of beetle outbreaks due to warmer winters that would allow more beetles to survive. Plant and animal species alike would be affected, for example, a drier climate would favor more drought-adapted species over the moisture-dependent plants in the Inland rainforest patches.