WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE EASTERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 53 OF THE 2023 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 2 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 33.7 1.81 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.03 1.78 2.26 1.28 0.35 6.35 F CT 2 CENTRAL 35.6 2.26 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 2.21 2.58 1.71 0.69 5.50 F CT 3 COASTAL 34.8 2.20 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 2.16 2.39 1.66 0.50 4.34 F DE 1 NORTHERN 42.2 1.49 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.14 1.35 1.75 0.85 0.29 4.66 P DE 2 SOUTHERN 43.7 1.60 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.15 1.45 1.56 0.95 -0.26 3.47 P ME 1 NORTHERN 21.8 0.61 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.61 0.62 0.54 -2.00 0.96 P ME 2 SOUTHERN INTERIOR 26.4 1.36 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.36 1.37 1.24 -1.17 3.56 P ME 3 COASTAL 28.4 2.17 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 2.17 2.18 1.97 -0.81 2.81 P MD 1 SOUTHEASTERN SHORE 44.6 2.11 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.16 1.95 2.29 1.46 0.92 1.82 F MD 2 CEN. EASTERN SHORE 45.2 1.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 1.35 1.46 0.85 -0.31 3.13 P MD 3 LOWER SOUTHERN 44.7 1.32 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.16 1.16 1.23 0.65 -0.38 2.07 P MD 4 UPPER SOUTHERN 43.0 1.23 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.14 1.09 1.25 0.58 -0.14 2.30 P MD 5 NORTHEASTERN SHORE 43.9 0.98 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.15 0.83 1.07 0.33 -0.54 2.23 P MD 6 NORTHERN CENTRAL 40.9 1.05 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.12 0.93 1.47 0.40 0.22 1.91 P MD 7 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 39.1 0.98 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 0.89 1.75 0.03 2.12 2.86 F MD 8 ALLEGHENY PLATEAU 37.8 1.27 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.11 1.16 2.20 0.13 1.46 0.41 P MA 1 WESTERN 31.8 1.50 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.50 1.51 1.04 -0.47 4.49 P MA 2 CENTRAL 33.6 1.77 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.02 1.75 1.76 1.27 -0.36 5.85 P MA 3 COASTAL 35.3 2.37 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 2.32 2.61 1.83 0.56 4.52 F NH 1 NORTHERN 25.3 0.64 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.64 0.65 0.48 -1.60 1.13 P NH 2 SOUTHERN 30.5 1.10 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.10 1.11 0.87 -1.25 3.94 P NJ 1 NORTHERN 37.4 1.75 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 1.68 2.07 1.19 0.37 4.69 F NJ 2 SOUTHERN 40.9 1.80 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.12 1.68 1.89 1.17 0.10 2.72 P NJ 3 COASTAL 37.5 1.87 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.06 1.81 2.15 1.30 0.56 3.47 F NY 1 WESTERN PLATEAU 35.6 0.83 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 0.76 0.76 0.43 -0.64 0.80 P NY 2 EASTERN PLATEAU 33.8 1.27 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 1.23 1.23 0.77 -0.52 3.99 P NY 3 NORTHERN PLATEAU 29.6 0.59 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.59 0.61 0.09 -1.72 1.60 P NY 4 COASTAL 36.6 2.19 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 2.14 2.52 1.63 0.93 4.04 F NY 5 HUDSON VALLEY 34.8 1.19 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 1.15 1.23 0.65 -0.55 4.82 P NY 6 MOHAWK VALLEY 31.0 1.13 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.13 1.43 0.63 -0.35 3.26 P NY 7 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY 30.5 0.27 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.27 0.28 0.17 -1.65 3.66 P NY 8 ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY 31.0 0.40 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.40 0.39 0.30 -1.54 -0.46 P NY 9 GREAT LAKES 27.9 0.70 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.70 0.71 0.29 -1.12 2.73 P NY 10 CENTRAL LAKES 34.5 0.63 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 0.59 0.60 0.22 -0.51 3.82 P NC 1 SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS 46.0 1.75 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.21 1.54 2.10 0.98 0.14 1.29 P NC 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 43.8 1.36 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.19 1.17 1.51 0.66 0.00 1.73 P NC 3 NORTHERN PIEDMONT 47.2 1.58 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.18 1.40 1.71 0.90 0.04 2.27 P NC 4 CENTRAL PIEDMONT 47.6 1.32 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.18 1.14 1.23 0.63 -0.68 1.40 P NC 5 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 49.5 1.44 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.20 1.24 1.23 0.97 -0.91 1.10 P NC 6 SO. COASTAL PLAINS 52.5 1.27 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.25 1.02 1.01 0.60 -0.72 -0.48 P NC 7 CEN. COASTAL PLAINS 50.8 1.45 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 1.23 1.23 0.84 -0.71 -0.15 P NC 8 NO. COASTAL PLAINS 50.4 1.57 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.23 1.34 1.33 0.86 -0.58 -0.42 P OH 1 NORTHWEST 40.0 0.08 0.96 8.00 99.6 0.12 0.00 0.01 -0.46 -1.34 -1.80 P 2.96 OH 2 NORTH CENTRAL 41.0 0.13 0.99 8.00 99.9 0.14 0.00 0.01 -0.45 -1.29 0.82 P OH 3 NORTHEAST 31.9 0.49 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.00 0.49 0.54 -0.01 -0.83 0.07 P OH 4 WEST CENTRAL 40.9 0.31 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.13 0.18 0.27 -0.32 -0.92 -1.02 P 1.62 OH 5 CENTRAL 41.6 0.65 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.14 0.51 0.68 0.01 -0.80 0.38 P OH 6 CENTRAL HILLS 40.7 0.58 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.14 0.44 0.64 -0.06 -0.83 0.54 P OH 7 NORTHEAST HILLS 40.4 0.70 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.13 0.57 0.85 0.07 -0.65 0.48 P OH 8 SOUTHWEST 42.4 0.57 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.14 0.43 0.60 -0.07 -1.05 -0.63 P 0.94 OH 9 SOUTH CENTRAL 43.3 0.70 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.15 0.55 0.62 0.05 -0.96 -1.28 P 2.57 OH 10 SOUTHEAST 41.7 0.80 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.14 0.66 0.84 0.16 -0.94 0.27 P PA 1 POCONO MOUNTAINS 35.6 1.70 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.06 1.64 1.94 1.15 0.57 4.94 F PA 2 EAST CENTRAL MTNS. 37.3 1.76 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 1.69 2.15 1.19 1.02 4.43 F PA 3 SE PIEDMONT 39.3 1.57 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 1.48 1.91 0.98 0.57 4.16 F PA 4 LOWER SUSQUEHANNA 39.3 1.21 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 1.12 1.77 0.47 1.12 2.75 F PA 5 MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA 37.0 1.75 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 1.68 2.06 1.19 1.37 4.52 F PA 6 UPPER SUSQUEHANNA 35.2 1.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 1.47 1.50 0.96 0.76 5.19 F PA 7 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS 36.3 1.49 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 1.42 1.67 0.92 0.72 2.95 F PA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL MTNS. 37.9 1.38 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 1.29 2.05 0.53 2.04 2.88 F PA 9 SOUTHWEST PLATEAU 39.0 1.27 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.11 1.16 1.65 0.66 0.45 1.70 P PA 10 NORTHWEST PLATEAU 36.1 1.10 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 1.03 1.20 0.53 -0.21 0.93 P RI 1 ALL 35.5 3.15 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 3.10 3.38 2.60 1.43 6.44 F SC 1 MOUNTAIN 46.4 2.30 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.21 2.09 2.97 1.21 0.35 1.35 P SC 2 NORTHWEST 49.0 2.04 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.20 1.84 2.54 1.14 0.65 1.40 P SC 3 NORTH CENTRAL 49.9 2.36 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.20 2.16 2.58 1.65 0.87 2.32 F SC 4 NORTHEAST 53.1 1.93 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.25 1.68 1.94 1.18 0.66 1.62 P SC 5 WEST CENTRAL 50.9 1.57 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.21 1.36 1.95 0.78 0.73 1.73 P SC 6 CENTRAL 52.6 1.97 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.23 1.67 2.13 1.24 1.15 3.05 P SC 7 SOUTHERN 55.0 2.00 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.27 1.67 2.36 1.12 2.58 2.41 F VT 1 NORTHEASTERN 26.1 0.48 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.48 0.49 0.34 -1.65 2.75 P VT 2 WESTERN 29.5 0.47 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.47 0.48 0.34 -1.45 3.42 P VT 3 SOUTHEASTERN 31.5 0.79 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.79 0.80 0.63 -1.77 2.71 P VA 1 TIDEWATER 46.6 1.82 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.18 1.64 1.92 1.14 0.96 2.18 P VA 2 EASTERN PIEDMONT 45.8 2.11 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 1.94 2.38 1.44 1.26 3.06 F VA 3 WESTERN PIEDMONT 44.3 1.65 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.15 1.50 1.85 1.00 0.69 2.54 P VA 4 NORTHERN 41.9 0.85 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.13 0.72 1.10 0.22 0.20 1.16 P VA 5 CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 41.5 0.94 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.13 0.81 1.01 0.31 0.06 1.34 P VA 6 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 43.1 1.00 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 0.83 1.42 0.24 0.62 1.05 P WV 1 NORTHWESTERN 42.9 0.90 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.16 0.74 1.26 0.23 -0.39 0.93 P WV 2 NORTH CENTRAL 41.2 1.23 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.11 1.12 1.99 0.25 1.34 1.24 F WV 3 SOUTHWESTERN 44.5 1.29 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.19 1.10 1.84 0.36 1.48 0.23 P WV 4 CENTRAL 40.0 1.40 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.14 1.26 2.03 0.49 0.73 -0.36 P WV 5 SOUTHERN 43.3 1.04 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 0.87 1.29 0.37 0.29 0.58 P WV 6 NORTHEASTERN 38.7 0.83 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 0.74 1.47 0.03 2.06 3.07 F END OF DATA