Abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions were improved in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and into portions of Ohio in response to the greatest rains. With continued data collection, future versions of this indicator should be able to paint a more statistically robust picture of long-term trends in Drought Monitor values.ThirdEye developed these visualizations by analyzing and correlating a variety of data and information on California’s current drought conditions. NIDIS Regional Drought Early Warning Systems (DEWS).
The dashboard helps a user to find out statistics about a particular County or a combination of Counties of the state of California for a particular year or over a range of years.The dashboard shows the count of incidences of drought that has been recorded for the year or for the range of years. For this week’s map, abnormally dry conditions were improved in West Virginia and into Maryland.
Flow Meters and Environmental Sensors for Precision Fluid MeasurementOn April 1st, California governor Jerry Brown made an executive order that requires cities and towns to cut 25% of water use (excluding agriculture) to save an estimated More than 44% of California is in “exceptional” drought — the worst level of drought.Some parts of the Sierra Mountains that typically have 66 inches of snow pack are barren.Farmers could sell their water for $700 an acre foot, more than they would earn by using the water to grow crops.“Nearly 60 percent of the state’s water needs are now met by groundwater, up from 40 percent in years when normal amounts of rain and snow fall.”“The drought forced California farmers to fallow 500,000 acres of land in 2014. Moderate drought was expanded in southeast Wyoming and abnormally dry conditions were expanded in northwest Wyoming.In typical summer fashion, precipitation was spotty through the region, with Oklahoma and Arkansas and into northern Texas recording the most widespread precipitation this week. According to the USDM, 11.2 percent of the West was … The most intense period of drought occurred the week of July 29, 2014 where D4 affected 58.41% of California land. YTD precipitation currently stands at 13.54 inches, which is 3.82 inches below average for that period. Portions of central Oklahoma were 6-8 degrees below normal for the week while much of west Texas was normal to 4-6 degrees above normal. The average Precipitation heatmap shows the county wise representation of the average precipitation in the state of California. Portions of the upper Midwest continue to remain dry, with new areas of abnormally dry conditions introduced into northern Minnesota, western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa. Since May 1, 2020, provisional data shows the well water level has ranged between approximately 9.5-13 feet below the surface. And the number could double in 2015.”“California-based trade organization Western Growers Association estimated 17,000 farm jobs were lost in 2014.”“California is the world’s fifth-largest supplier of food.”“California grows 43 percent of the nation’s fruits, nuts, and vegetables and more than 90 percent of its almonds, grapes, and broccoli.”“The current drought cost the (farming) sector an estimated $2.2 billion last year.”“In some areas of the Central Valley, the land is sinking by one foot or more per year.”“The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which is counted on to provide 30 percent of the state’s water supply as it melts through early summer, is at its second-lowest level on record.”“The diminished hydropower capacity of California’s dams cost electricity customers a total of $1.4 billion in the past three years.”“It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water (42 cubic kilometers) — around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir — to recover from California’s continuing drought, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.”California’s current drought is driest period in the state’s 163 years of recorded rainfall history.NASA scientists predict that there is an 80 percent chance of a megadrought in the Southwest United States before the end of the century.Rows of almond trees cover nearly 1 million acres in California and consume 1.07 trillion gallons annually in the state, one-fifth more than California families use indoors.I appreciate these statistics being readily available . As of 4 August 2020, Majuro's reservoir freshwater storage was at 31.27 million gallons, which translates to 86.86 percent of maximum capacity.South of the equator, American Samoa experienced large variations in observed rainfall this week.
For links to many of the data sources, The Drought Master Data Set Contains data in the following format:Which upon aggregation on the basis of month and year has been modified to the following format:The Weather Master data set contains data in the following format:Which similarly upon aggregation on the basis of month and year has been modified to the following format:The landing page gives a user a deep insight about what the report is all about. July 2020 rainfall for Windswept Beach was effectively near normal at 3.72 inches (compared to the 1984-2020 mean value of 3.42 inches). The weekly and monthly precipitation totals at both locations exceeded the minima required (2 inches and 8 inches, respectively) to satisfy most water needs.