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At the same time, more than 90% of Utah, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico were in some level of drought. [4] Also in drought conditions were Wyoming , Oregon and Arizona . Over the course of 2021, conditions improved in the Northeast but worsened in the Western United States.
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 ...
Another analysis found that Utah's temperature increase from 1970 to 2019 was the fifth highest in the nation, leading to an increasing intensity of wildfires. [2] A changing climate was also reported as leading to increased flooding in Utah during winter months, followed by hot and dry summers, a cycle potentially harmful for agriculture. [3]
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 ...
One of 2023's most significant weather developments has been the rapid improvement of drought conditions in the West, with more than half of California's population finally getting out of brutal ...
Stansbury's 1852 map of the Great Salt Lake and adjacent country in the Utah Territory. There are several maps dating back to 1575 that show the Great Salt Lake at the correct latitude and longitude, within an accuracy of a few degrees. [citation needed] One example is a map by Nicolas Sanson dated 1650. [8]
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 ...
Utah was in a consistent drought from late 1998 through 2004, although experts [who?] warn that the drought-breaking conditions experienced in 2004 and 2005 could actually just be a break in a more extended drought pattern. July 2003 set the record for the warmest month ever in Salt Lake City. 2003 overall was the second warmest year on record ...