State Climate Update for
January 2006
Recent
warm and very dry conditions continued during January across
|
Temperature |
Precipitation |
PDSI |
CD1 |
86.6% |
12.5% (3) |
77.7% |
CD2 |
67.0% |
8.9% (3) |
10.7% |
CD3 |
79.5% |
4.5% (4) |
16.1% |
CD4 |
83.9% |
5.4% (3) |
10.7% |
CD5 |
83.3% |
3.6% (4) |
96.4% |
CD6 |
94.6% |
1.3% (4) |
8.0% |
CD7 |
83.9% |
10.7% (3) |
14.3% |
1-month percentiles of temperature, precipitation (with
drought category), and Palmer Drought Severity Index for the 7
November 2005 – January 2006
The period of late fall through early winter was extremely
dry across
|
Temperature |
Precipitation |
CD1 |
91.9% |
1.8% (4) |
CD2 |
77.5% |
1.8% (4) |
CD3 |
90.1% |
0.9% (4) |
CD4 |
87.4% |
1.8% (4) |
CD5 |
93.7% |
1.8% (4) |
CD6 |
96.4% |
0.9% (4) |
CD7 |
91.0% |
1.8% (4) |
3-month percentiles of temperature, and precipitation (with
drought category) for the 7
August 2005 – January 2006
Six-month
precipitation values representing conditions from late summer through early
winter again indicate dryness for all of
|
Temperature |
Precipitation |
CD1 |
84.7% |
26.1% (1) |
CD2 |
77.5% |
6.3% (3) |
CD3 |
85.6% |
8.1% (3) |
CD4 |
86.5% |
2.7% (4) |
CD5 |
92.8% |
46.0% (0) |
CD6 |
97.3% |
11.7% (3) |
CD7 |
85.6% |
7.2% (3) |
6-month percentiles of temperature, and precipitation (with
drought category) for the 7
February 2005 – January 2006
There
is much less evidence of drought within the state when examining precipitation totals
for the past 12-month period. Only one region registered precipitation totals
suggestive of drought – precipitation for southeastern
|
Temperature |
Precipitation |
CD1 |
81.1% |
76.6% (0) |
CD2 |
82.9% |
29.7% (1) |
CD3 |
84.7% |
43.2% (0) |
CD4 |
81.1% |
25.2% (1) |
CD5 |
90.1% |
75.7% (0) |
CD6 |
96.4% |
46.9% (0) |
CD7 |
90.1% |
11.7% (3) |
12-month percentiles of temperature, and precipitation (with
drought category) for the 7
February 2004 – January 2006
Twenty-four
month precipitation values indicate generally wet conditions across the state,
as all regions but the southeast (CD 7) were above the long-term median value,
and well above across the western portion of the state. The 2-year
precipitation total was characteristic of “moderate drought” across
southeastern
|
Temperature |
Precipitation |
CD1 |
80.0% |
93.6% (0) |
CD2 |
89.1% |
78.2% (0) |
CD3 |
87.3% |
81.8% (0) |
CD4 |
94.5% |
53.6% (0) |
CD5 |
88.2% |
94.6% (0) |
CD6 |
91.8% |
75.5% (0) |
CD7 |
79.1% |
24.6% (2) |
24-month percentiles of temperature, and precipitation (with
drought category) for the 7
February 2003 – January 2006
The
rankings of precipitation totals for the longer-term 3-year period across the
state closely match those of the past 2 years. The 36-month precipitation
totals were above average for 5 of the 7 climatic regions in
|
Temperature |
Precipitation |
CD1 |
84.4% |
87.2% (0) |
CD2 |
90.8% |
67.0% (0) |
CD3 |
93.6% |
70.6% (0) |
CD4 |
97.3% |
42.2% (0) |
CD5 |
90.8% |
93.6% (0) |
CD6 |
93.6% |
67.9% (0) |
CD7 |
89.9% |
16.5% (2) |
36-month percentiles of temperature, and precipitation (with
drought category) for the 7
February 2002 – January 2006
Forty
eight-month precipitation values indicate clear evidence of longer-term drought
conditions across 2 areas of the state, with dry conditions across another 3
areas. All regions within the state, except for the northwest (CD 1) and southwest
(CD 5), have been characterized by less than average precipitation over the 4-year
period. Precipitation totals for the period indicate “abnormally dry”
conditions across the northeastern (CD 2), west-central (CD 3), and south-central
(CD 6) portions of the state. Long-term conditions suggestive of “severe drought”
exist across southeastern (CD 7) and east-central (CD 4)
|
Temperature |
Precipitation |
CD1 |
86.1% |
50.0% (0) |
CD2 |
91.7% |
34.3% (1) |
CD3 |
97.2% |
30.6% (1) |
CD4 |
98.2% |
8.3% (3) |
CD5 |
92.6% |
74.1% (0) |
CD6 |
97.2% |
27.8% (1) |
CD7 |
96.3% |
8.3% (3) |
48-month percentiles of temperature, and precipitation (with
drought category) for the 7
Summary
The
recent warm and extremely dry conditions continued across the entire state of
On
the longer term, there is much less evidence of drought across
Overall,
the southeastern and east-central regions of