Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Islands Region for June – August 2020. Dated September 2020.
Includes significant events, regional climate overview, and sectoral impacts for June – August 2020; regional outlook for September – November 2020.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Chesapeake Bay Region for June – August 2020. Dated September 2020.
The entire region experienced warmer-than-normal conditions; it was the hottest summer on record for Norfolk, Virginia, and Harrisburg and Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This summer saw a wide range of precipitation conditions; the northern portions of the Chesapeake Bay watershed had an abnormally dry summer, while the southern and eastern portions of the watershed experienced above normal precipitation.
The project, Connecting Drought Early Warning to the Decision Making Needs of Specialty Crop Producers in the Midwestern United States, developed a set of decision calendars that provide month-by-month and seasonal advice on how growers manage production of Midwestern apple, grape, cranberry, and irrigated potato crops during drought years. Fact sheets highlighting appropriate drought and climate tools for monitoring conditions during the growing seasons and beyond are also available.
This drought early warning update was originally sent via email to the Missouri River Basin and Midwest DEWS email lists.
This Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands drought early warning update was originally sent via email on September 3, 2020.
Additional improvements in drought conditions are expected across the local islands through November. Therefore, no major drought impacts are expected across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands through the fall season.
While there is a strong connection between drought and wildfire in the western United States, how drought influences the post-wildfire environment is less well-understood, especially at shorter (1-3 year) timescales. The hazards posed by post-fire flooding and debris flows in burned landscapes depends on burn severity, underlying geology and topography, and vegetation recovery following the fire.
Outdoor recreation is a major contributor to the Intermountain West’s economy, but the future viability of many businesses—particularly small businesses—in the industry is threatened by their drought vulnerabilities and the region’s projected increases in drought severity and frequency.
This drought status update was originally sent via email to the Southern Plains DEWS email list.
The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) is excited to release our first Annual Report to provide insight into the many accomplishments of the program over the previous year and the opportunities that lie ahead. Milestones in 2019 included the NIDIS Reauthorization Act being signed into law in January, the publication of two reports examining the devastating 2017 Northern Plains drought in May, and NIDIS co-hosting the second National Drought Forum in July.
This Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands drought early warning update was originally sent via email on July 28, 2020.
Drought conditions are expected to improve across the local islands through September after near record dryness in April through June: Potential Impacts across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Se espera que las condiciones de sequía mejoren en las islas locales hasta septiembre después de una sequedad casi récord de abril a junio: Impactos potenciales en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses.