WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE EASTERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 55 OF THE 2023 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 16 MAR 2024 SOIL PCT MONTH PRELIM-P PRECIP MOISTURE FIELD CHANGE MOIST FINAL -F NEEDED UPPER LOWER CAP. POT RUN CROP FROM ANOM PALMER TO END TEMP PCPN LAYER LAYER END EVAP OFF MOIST PREV (Z) DROUGHT DROUGHT ST CD CLIMATE DIVISION (F) (IN) (IN) (IN) WEEK (IN) (IN) INDEX WEEK INDEX INDEX (IN) CT 1 NORTHWEST 43.7 0.03 0.78 5.00 96.3 0.25 0.00 2.19 -2.19 3.51 6.39 P CT 2 CENTRAL 45.3 0.05 0.79 5.00 96.5 0.26 0.00 2.42 -2.40 3.91 5.65 P CT 3 COASTAL 38.7 0.05 0.94 5.00 99.0 0.11 0.00 2.53 -2.53 4.33 4.79 P DE 1 NORTHERN 53.4 0.00 0.60 5.00 93.3 0.40 0.00 1.51 -1.51 1.14 4.34 P DE 2 SOUTHERN 54.0 0.05 0.65 5.00 94.2 0.40 0.00 1.52 -1.52 1.17 3.47 P ME 1 NORTHERN 33.2 0.96 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.03 0.93 1.60 0.25 0.95 1.84 P ME 2 SOUTHERN INTERIOR 36.9 1.26 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.11 1.15 2.72 -0.42 2.96 4.93 F ME 3 COASTAL 37.9 1.25 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.14 1.11 2.95 -0.73 3.56 4.21 F MD 1 SOUTHEASTERN SHORE 54.1 0.11 0.72 5.00 95.4 0.39 0.00 2.24 -2.25 3.12 1.96 P MD 2 CEN. EASTERN SHORE 55.0 0.05 0.64 5.00 94.0 0.41 0.00 1.38 -1.38 0.75 3.12 P MD 3 LOWER SOUTHERN 54.4 0.08 0.68 5.00 94.7 0.40 0.00 1.04 -1.04 0.09 1.92 P MD 4 UPPER SOUTHERN 53.6 0.04 0.65 5.00 94.2 0.39 0.00 1.05 -1.06 0.02 2.12 P MD 5 NORTHEASTERN SHORE 54.0 0.03 0.63 5.00 93.9 0.40 0.00 1.04 -1.04 -0.38 2.05 P MD 6 NORTHERN CENTRAL 51.9 0.04 0.67 5.00 94.5 0.37 0.00 1.05 -1.06 0.08 1.54 P MD 7 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 49.5 0.29 0.97 5.00 99.5 0.32 0.00 1.18 -1.18 1.42 2.62 P MD 8 ALLEGHENY PLATEAU 45.7 0.70 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.30 0.40 1.63 -0.83 2.24 0.82 P MA 1 WESTERN 40.1 0.13 0.95 5.00 99.2 0.18 0.00 1.87 -1.85 2.94 4.86 P MA 2 CENTRAL 42.4 0.09 0.90 5.00 98.3 0.19 0.00 1.99 -1.98 3.27 6.09 P MA 3 COASTAL 42.7 0.08 0.87 5.00 97.9 0.21 0.00 2.10 -2.09 3.32 4.54 P NH 1 NORTHERN 34.9 1.03 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.08 0.95 2.22 -0.31 2.76 2.96 F NH 2 SOUTHERN 38.4 0.55 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.13 0.42 2.26 -1.42 3.23 5.16 P NJ 1 NORTHERN 49.4 0.08 0.74 5.00 95.7 0.34 0.00 1.97 -1.96 2.45 4.61 P NJ 2 SOUTHERN 52.6 0.02 0.63 5.00 93.8 0.39 0.00 1.73 -1.74 1.83 2.60 P NJ 3 COASTAL 41.3 0.04 0.91 5.00 98.4 0.13 0.00 2.12 -2.12 3.10 3.64 P NY 1 WESTERN PLATEAU 43.0 0.59 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.24 0.35 0.82 -0.15 0.62 0.92 P NY 2 EASTERN PLATEAU 42.8 0.37 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.27 0.10 1.55 -1.34 2.44 4.37 P NY 3 NORTHERN PLATEAU 37.2 0.86 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.13 0.73 1.76 -0.33 1.53 3.12 P NY 4 COASTAL 40.2 0.05 0.93 5.00 98.8 0.12 0.00 2.28 -2.27 3.46 4.25 P NY 5 HUDSON VALLEY 44.5 0.25 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.24 0.01 1.95 -1.94 3.70 5.56 P NY 6 MOHAWK VALLEY 39.3 0.66 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.15 0.51 2.02 -1.00 2.81 4.09 P NY 7 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY 38.1 0.84 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.13 0.71 1.65 -0.23 1.90 5.18 F NY 8 ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY 36.8 0.82 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.10 0.72 0.79 0.23 -0.14 -0.08 P NY 9 GREAT LAKES 32.5 0.78 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.01 0.77 1.34 0.22 1.25 3.56 P NY 10 CENTRAL LAKES 40.2 0.67 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.15 0.52 1.07 -0.04 1.39 4.27 F NC 1 SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS 50.8 0.73 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.33 0.40 1.84 -1.05 0.63 1.44 P NC 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 50.5 0.15 0.79 5.00 96.5 0.36 0.00 1.25 -1.25 -0.23 1.52 P NC 3 NORTHERN PIEDMONT 55.0 0.12 0.75 5.00 95.8 0.37 0.00 1.06 -1.06 0.13 1.91 P NC 4 CENTRAL PIEDMONT 54.7 0.24 0.89 5.00 98.1 0.35 0.00 0.90 -0.91 -0.42 1.07 P NC 5 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 55.8 0.47 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.36 0.11 0.99 -0.78 -0.09 0.92 P NC 6 SO. COASTAL PLAINS 58.2 0.04 0.63 5.00 93.9 0.41 0.00 0.58 -0.59 -1.16 -1.09 F 2.71 NC 7 CEN. COASTAL PLAINS 56.4 0.00 0.64 5.00 94.0 0.36 0.00 1.14 -1.16 0.15 -0.23 P NC 8 NO. COASTAL PLAINS 57.2 0.05 0.64 5.00 94.0 0.41 0.00 1.68 -1.68 1.67 0.36 P OH 1 NORTHWEST 47.1 1.33 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.28 1.05 1.25 0.55 1.15 -0.58 P 0.82 OH 2 NORTH CENTRAL 46.8 0.74 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.27 0.47 0.47 -0.04 -0.11 0.95 P OH 3 NORTHEAST 36.4 0.61 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.06 0.55 0.90 0.04 0.93 0.63 P OH 4 WEST CENTRAL 47.9 0.63 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.29 0.34 0.92 -0.24 0.86 -0.27 P OH 5 CENTRAL 47.7 0.59 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.28 0.31 0.56 -0.19 0.36 0.34 P OH 6 CENTRAL HILLS 46.3 0.63 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.27 0.36 0.57 -0.14 0.47 0.53 P OH 7 NORTHEAST HILLS 46.5 0.48 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.28 0.20 0.38 -0.30 -0.02 -0.12 P OH 8 SOUTHWEST 48.7 0.65 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.29 0.36 0.89 -0.17 0.12 -0.35 P OH 9 SOUTH CENTRAL 49.0 0.57 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.28 0.29 0.67 -0.22 -0.22 -1.26 P 2.75 OH 10 SOUTHEAST 47.7 0.71 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.28 0.43 0.77 -0.07 0.30 0.06 P PA 1 POCONO MOUNTAINS 46.1 0.16 0.86 5.00 97.6 0.30 0.00 1.74 -1.74 2.82 4.89 P PA 2 EAST CENTRAL MTNS. 48.7 0.12 0.79 5.00 96.5 0.33 0.00 1.50 -1.50 1.70 4.05 P PA 3 SE PIEDMONT 50.5 0.05 0.71 5.00 95.2 0.34 0.00 1.39 -1.39 1.24 3.70 P PA 4 LOWER SUSQUEHANNA 50.8 0.16 0.81 5.00 96.8 0.35 0.00 1.17 -1.17 1.00 2.30 P PA 5 MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA 47.7 0.16 0.86 5.00 97.7 0.30 0.00 1.32 -1.32 2.16 4.15 P PA 6 UPPER SUSQUEHANNA 45.2 0.17 0.88 5.00 98.1 0.29 0.00 1.19 -1.19 2.27 4.85 P PA 7 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS 45.7 0.48 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.29 0.19 1.31 -0.92 2.28 2.87 P PA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL MTNS. 48.0 0.41 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.32 0.09 1.48 -1.30 2.39 2.83 P PA 9 SOUTHWEST PLATEAU 46.0 0.58 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.26 0.32 1.35 -0.71 2.22 1.70 P PA 10 NORTHWEST PLATEAU 42.4 0.50 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.21 0.29 1.12 -0.53 1.38 1.00 P RI 1 ALL 43.9 0.41 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.23 0.18 3.05 -2.68 5.98 7.06 P SC 1 MOUNTAIN 53.8 0.95 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.40 0.55 2.58 -1.47 0.60 1.53 P SC 2 NORTHWEST 55.7 0.42 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.37 0.05 1.79 -1.68 1.03 1.34 P SC 3 NORTH CENTRAL 56.0 0.44 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.36 0.08 1.49 -1.34 1.22 2.04 P SC 4 NORTHEAST 58.9 0.14 0.73 5.00 95.5 0.41 0.00 1.19 -1.19 0.41 1.39 P SC 5 WEST CENTRAL 58.1 0.18 0.78 5.00 96.4 0.40 0.00 1.62 -1.61 0.46 1.51 P SC 6 CENTRAL 59.6 0.24 0.82 5.00 97.0 0.42 0.00 1.47 -1.45 0.80 2.73 P SC 7 SOUTHERN 61.0 0.06 0.62 5.00 93.6 0.44 0.00 1.74 -1.74 1.22 2.15 P VT 1 NORTHEASTERN 34.3 0.87 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 0.82 1.96 -0.32 2.64 4.46 F VT 2 WESTERN 36.3 0.83 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.08 0.75 1.91 -0.40 3.05 5.10 F VT 3 SOUTHEASTERN 39.4 0.42 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.18 0.24 1.86 -1.37 2.05 3.96 P VA 1 TIDEWATER 55.5 0.04 0.64 5.00 94.0 0.40 0.00 1.75 -1.75 2.46 2.20 P VA 2 EASTERN PIEDMONT 55.2 0.05 0.65 5.00 94.1 0.40 0.00 1.51 -1.52 1.72 2.58 P VA 3 WESTERN PIEDMONT 52.7 0.08 0.74 5.00 95.6 0.34 0.00 0.97 -0.99 0.10 1.83 P VA 4 NORTHERN 51.9 0.04 0.68 5.00 94.6 0.36 0.00 0.83 -0.84 -0.43 0.99 P VA 5 CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 49.7 0.04 0.73 5.00 95.4 0.31 0.00 0.55 -0.55 -0.95 0.54 P VA 6 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 48.7 0.17 0.87 5.00 97.8 0.30 0.00 0.89 -0.91 -0.22 0.23 P WV 1 NORTHWESTERN 48.7 0.59 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.29 0.30 1.05 -0.46 0.95 0.95 P WV 2 NORTH CENTRAL 46.7 0.55 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.23 0.32 1.49 -0.83 1.81 1.14 P WV 3 SOUTHWESTERN 49.1 0.35 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.31 0.04 1.02 -0.93 0.41 0.15 P WV 4 CENTRAL 44.9 0.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.26 0.26 1.35 -0.83 0.68 -0.35 P WV 5 SOUTHERN 48.7 0.17 0.87 5.00 97.8 0.30 0.00 0.85 -0.86 -0.13 -0.11 P WV 6 NORTHEASTERN 47.9 0.29 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.28 0.01 0.93 -0.90 1.00 2.78 P END OF DATA