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  2. Dust Bowl - Wikipedia

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    During the next decade, the northern plains suffered four of their seven driest calendar years since 1895, Kansas four of its 12 driest, [17] and the entire region south to West Texas [18] lacked any period of above-normal rainfall until record rains hit in 1941. [19] When severe drought struck the Great Plains region in the 1930s, it resulted ...

  3. Droughts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    By the time the drought ended, 244 of Texas's 254 counties had been declared federal disaster areas. [40] Drought became particularly severe in California, with some natural lakes drying up completely in 1953. Southern California was hit hard by drought in 1958–1959, badly straining water resources. A widespread, 1930s-style dust storm ...

  4. 1988–1990 North American drought - Wikipedia

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    The 1988–1990 North American drought ranks among the worst episodes of drought in the United States. This multi-year drought began in most areas in 1988 and continued into 1989 and 1990 (in certain areas). The drought caused $60 billion in damage ($155 billion 2024 USD) in United States dollars, adjusting for inflation.

  5. A record number of US states are in drought during what may ...

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    The National Drought Mitigation Center said that the Lower 48 had not seen this much drought since 2022. Stats on the now record-setting Fall 2024 drought 48 states have some drought, most in # ...

  6. 1980 United States heat wave - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. After the rain: County inches clear of drought conditions for ...

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    Feb. 20—A little rainfall hits the spot — especially for local cattle and crop farmers eyeing the calendar (and the weather). After starting off this year in the depths of soil-parched ...

  8. 22-year drought is drying up America's largest reservoir - AOL

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    With water levels at the nation's largest reservoir hitting an all-time low, officials are preparing for what that could mean for the region's water supply. Cradled between Nevada and Arizona ...

  9. 1934–35 North American drought - Wikipedia

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    According to numerous studies, the 1934–35 droughts and heat might have certainly been the worst such events in the 20th century at that particular time. [4] Several states, however, were worse affected when the 1936 North American heat waves and drought spells developed that year and reset records across those areas. [2]