WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE CENTRAL REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 29 OF THE 2023 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 16 SEP 2023 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) CO 1 AR DRAINAGE BASIN 60.8 1.32 0.60 0.74 19.2 0.72 0.00 0.04 1.33 1.12 1.04 P CO 2 CO DRAINAGE BASIN 57.5 0.50 0.00 0.98 14.1 0.68 0.00 -0.70 0.76 -0.89 -2.55 P 2.76 CO 3 KS DRAINAGE BASIN 61.9 0.54 0.00 1.46 18.3 0.73 0.00 -0.69 1.03 -2.08 -0.14 P CO 4 PLATTE DRNG. BASIN 56.7 0.88 0.24 2.64 41.2 0.64 0.00 0.43 0.32 1.60 4.41 F CO 5 RIO GRANDE DRNG. B. 52.8 1.78 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.61 1.17 4.41 0.07 18.62 58.75 F IL 1 NORTHWEST 62.6 1.48 0.74 3.60 43.4 0.74 0.00 -0.93 1.07 -2.41 -2.73 P 7.04 IL 2 NORTHEAST 62.2 1.44 0.71 4.33 50.4 0.73 0.00 -0.26 0.84 -1.56 -1.82 P 4.45 IL 3 WEST 64.3 0.69 0.00 4.43 44.3 0.75 0.00 -0.76 0.48 -2.44 -2.47 P 6.28 IL 4 CENTRAL 63.7 0.35 0.00 4.76 47.6 0.73 0.00 -0.79 0.09 -2.31 -1.26 P 2.58 IL 5 EAST 62.9 0.37 0.00 4.69 46.9 0.73 0.00 -0.54 -0.00 -1.93 -1.46 P 3.00 IL 6 WEST SOUTHWEST 66.2 0.29 0.00 3.52 35.2 0.80 0.00 -1.24 -0.01 -1.80 -2.18 F 5.22 IL 7 EAST SOUTHEAST 65.6 0.06 0.00 3.46 38.4 0.78 0.00 -1.12 -0.34 -1.73 -1.87 F 4.22 IL 8 SOUTHWEST 66.8 0.07 0.00 3.84 42.7 0.80 0.00 -0.65 -0.46 -1.43 -0.34 P IL 9 SOUTHEAST 67.5 0.04 0.00 3.62 40.2 0.82 0.00 -0.74 -0.51 -1.36 -0.31 P IN 1 NORTHWEST 62.4 0.60 0.00 4.48 49.7 0.72 0.00 -0.53 0.26 -2.59 -1.82 P 3.81 IN 2 NORTH CENTRAL 61.4 0.44 0.00 4.15 46.2 0.70 0.00 -0.77 0.18 -2.92 -1.97 P 3.91 IN 3 NORTHEAST 60.7 0.30 0.00 3.58 39.8 0.68 0.00 -1.08 0.13 -3.01 -2.35 F 4.67 IN 4 WEST CENTRAL 63.8 0.05 0.00 3.45 38.3 0.75 0.00 -1.29 -0.27 -2.50 -2.36 F 5.45 IN 5 CENTRAL 63.6 0.09 0.00 3.42 38.0 0.74 0.00 -1.27 -0.20 -3.04 -2.19 F 4.83 IN 6 EAST CENTRAL 62.4 0.05 0.00 3.31 36.8 0.72 0.00 -1.42 -0.20 -2.95 -3.11 F 7.44 IN 7 SOUTHWEST 66.8 0.03 0.00 3.89 43.2 0.81 0.00 -0.94 -0.36 -1.61 -0.67 P 1.03 IN 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 65.8 0.03 0.00 3.55 39.4 0.78 0.00 -1.44 -0.24 -2.51 -2.16 F 5.19 IN 9 SOUTHEAST 65.5 0.28 0.00 3.93 43.7 0.78 0.00 -1.01 0.04 -2.34 -1.60 P 3.47 IA 1 NORTHWEST 61.6 0.51 0.00 4.05 40.5 0.73 0.00 -1.12 0.40 -3.19 -2.84 F 6.33 IA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 60.7 0.26 0.00 3.13 31.3 0.71 0.00 -2.01 0.30 -3.54 -3.53 F 9.78 IA 3 NORTHEAST 61.4 0.26 0.00 3.10 31.0 0.73 0.00 -2.09 0.29 -4.08 -4.35 F 11.38 IA 4 WEST CENTRAL 62.9 0.44 0.00 3.30 33.0 0.75 0.00 -1.61 0.44 -3.72 -3.75 F 8.96 IA 5 CENTRAL 63.0 0.39 0.00 3.41 34.1 0.74 0.00 -1.70 0.37 -3.59 -2.96 F 7.83 IA 6 EAST CENTRAL 63.0 0.94 0.19 2.74 29.3 0.75 0.00 -1.68 1.09 -3.35 -4.14 P 11.15 IA 7 SOUTHWEST 64.8 0.81 0.02 4.23 42.5 0.79 0.00 -0.95 0.66 -2.84 -3.33 F 9.90 IA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 66.0 1.37 0.54 3.67 42.1 0.83 0.00 -1.05 1.03 -2.64 -2.71 P 8.03 IA 9 SOUTHEAST 65.0 1.26 0.46 3.64 41.0 0.80 0.00 -0.83 0.91 -2.27 -2.48 P 6.80 KS 1 NORTHWEST 63.2 0.22 0.00 1.46 13.3 0.72 0.00 -1.81 0.36 -2.41 -3.47 P 5.68 KS 2 NORTH CENTRAL 64.9 0.51 0.00 1.49 14.9 0.75 0.00 -1.63 0.69 -1.68 -3.85 F 8.58 KS 3 NORTHEAST 65.9 0.30 0.00 4.45 44.5 0.78 0.00 -1.09 0.05 -2.40 -1.49 F 3.95 KS 4 WEST CENTRAL 64.3 0.98 0.23 0.71 10.5 0.75 0.00 -0.42 1.40 -1.26 -1.74 P 2.52 KS 5 CENTRAL 66.0 0.82 0.04 0.87 11.4 0.78 0.00 -1.59 1.52 -2.09 -3.23 P 7.20 KS 6 EAST CENTRAL 67.2 0.66 0.00 1.20 17.2 0.81 0.00 -2.14 1.06 -3.01 -2.70 F 7.60 KS 7 SOUTHWEST 66.5 1.72 0.92 1.49 26.8 0.80 0.00 0.28 1.34 0.44 3.79 P KS 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 66.2 1.76 1.00 1.78 39.7 0.76 0.00 0.11 1.35 -0.35 1.48 P KS 9 SOUTHEAST 68.3 0.62 0.00 2.11 26.4 0.83 0.00 -1.25 0.66 -2.18 -2.95 F 9.21 KY 1 WESTERN 68.5 0.05 0.00 5.66 62.9 0.85 0.00 0.20 -0.35 -0.09 1.08 P KY 2 CENTRAL 67.8 0.14 0.00 4.77 53.0 0.83 0.00 -0.65 -0.22 -1.81 -0.58 P 0.85 KY 3 BLUE GRASS 66.7 0.20 0.00 4.36 48.5 0.81 0.00 -0.99 -0.09 -2.16 -1.90 F 4.19 KY 4 EASTERN 68.0 0.87 0.02 2.92 49.0 0.85 0.00 -0.15 0.38 -0.86 -1.05 P 1.90 MI 1 WEST UPPER 54.0 0.31 0.00 2.85 40.7 0.61 0.00 -0.18 -0.05 -0.78 -2.89 F 5.26 MI 2 EAST UPPER 55.6 0.31 0.00 1.52 25.4 0.66 0.00 -0.67 -0.22 -1.09 -3.20 F 5.48 MI 3 NORTHWEST LOWER 56.2 0.70 0.98 1.36 39.0 0.63 0.00 0.17 -0.20 1.77 -0.89 P 1.31 MI 4 NORTHEAST LOWER 55.5 0.91 0.29 2.59 41.1 0.62 0.00 0.15 0.21 0.42 -0.30 P MI 5 WEST CENTRAL LOWER 57.7 0.58 0.00 1.38 23.0 0.66 0.00 -0.25 0.27 -1.45 -1.48 P 2.99 MI 6 CENTRAL LOWER 57.2 0.53 0.00 2.71 45.2 0.63 0.00 0.28 -0.10 0.27 2.00 P MI 7 EAST CENTRAL LOWER 59.1 0.65 0.17 5.00 86.2 0.66 0.00 0.89 -0.22 2.50 4.06 F MI 8 SOUTHWEST LOWER 59.3 0.97 0.31 2.20 41.8 0.66 0.00 0.20 0.19 -0.63 0.41 P MI 9 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER 58.6 0.44 0.00 2.12 35.4 0.65 0.00 0.05 -0.05 -0.55 0.68 P MI 10 SOUTHEAST LOWER 60.2 0.66 0.00 6.69 83.7 0.69 0.00 0.77 -0.36 3.90 3.48 F MN 1 NORTHWEST 55.5 0.14 0.00 1.26 18.0 0.62 0.00 -2.00 0.12 -3.60 -4.70 F 8.62 MN 2 NORTH CENTRAL 54.0 0.36 0.00 1.60 22.9 0.59 0.00 -1.40 0.34 -3.22 -4.02 F 7.65 MN 3 NORTHEAST 53.7 1.05 0.80 1.98 39.7 0.61 0.00 -0.53 0.46 -1.20 -3.59 P 7.03 MN 4 WEST CENTRAL 58.5 0.24 0.00 1.48 21.2 0.67 0.00 -1.40 0.06 -3.26 -2.67 F 4.58 MN 5 CENTRAL 58.4 0.29 0.00 1.66 20.7 0.67 0.00 -2.00 0.35 -4.03 -4.05 F 8.30 MN 6 EAST CENTRAL 56.7 0.59 0.00 1.26 18.0 0.64 0.00 -1.34 0.68 -3.16 -4.50 F 9.54 MN 7 SOUTHWEST 60.7 0.31 0.00 1.56 19.5 0.72 0.00 -2.30 0.52 -4.01 -3.43 F 6.76 MN 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 60.1 0.33 0.00 1.73 21.6 0.69 0.00 -2.04 0.40 -4.14 -3.93 F 8.38 MN 9 SOUTHEAST 60.8 0.34 0.00 1.58 19.8 0.72 0.00 -2.41 0.50 -4.26 -4.45 F 10.58 MO 1 NORTHWEST PRAIRIE 66.0 0.26 0.00 4.41 49.0 0.81 0.00 -0.79 -0.12 -2.42 -1.48 P 3.72 MO 2 NORTHEAST PRAIRIE 66.3 0.20 0.00 3.79 42.1 0.80 0.00 -0.96 -0.17 -1.78 -1.70 P 4.18 MO 3 WEST CENTRAL PLAINS 66.8 0.40 0.00 1.83 22.9 0.80 0.00 -1.41 0.15 -2.29 -2.91 P 9.51 MO 4 WEST OZARKS 67.1 0.63 0.00 2.71 33.9 0.81 0.00 -0.49 0.26 -1.58 -1.51 P 4.23 MO 5 EAST OZARKS 66.5 0.41 0.00 4.11 45.7 0.80 0.00 -0.08 -0.15 -1.13 -0.12 P MO 6 BOOTHEEL 68.9 0.09 0.00 3.68 46.0 0.85 0.00 0.08 -0.33 -0.35 1.14 P NE 1 PANHANDLE 60.2 0.88 0.18 1.95 23.6 0.70 0.00 0.18 0.46 0.68 0.66 P NE 2 NORTH CENTRAL 62.4 0.50 0.00 2.73 34.2 0.75 0.00 -0.12 0.24 -1.64 0.29 P NE 3 NORTHEAST 64.5 0.59 0.00 2.77 27.7 0.79 0.00 -1.22 0.62 -2.97 -3.53 P 6.79 NE 5 CENTRAL 62.6 1.02 0.29 2.54 25.7 0.73 0.00 -1.08 1.16 -2.02 -3.40 P 6.20 NE 6 EAST CENTRAL 64.5 0.40 0.00 1.70 17.0 0.77 0.00 -2.18 0.52 -2.93 -5.40 F 13.20 NE 7 SOUTHWEST 62.8 0.79 0.06 2.20 22.6 0.73 0.00 -0.46 1.19 -1.74 -1.38 P 1.82 NE 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 62.7 0.81 0.11 1.97 20.8 0.70 0.00 -1.05 1.10 -1.43 -2.78 P 5.00 NE 9 SOUTHEAST 64.7 0.75 0.00 4.16 37.9 0.76 0.00 -0.71 0.56 -1.06 -3.55 P 9.20 ND 1 NORTHWEST 57.4 0.03 0.00 0.52 8.6 0.69 0.00 -1.44 -0.38 -1.33 -3.29 F 4.31 ND 2 NORTH CENTRAL 56.6 0.21 0.00 0.79 11.2 0.67 0.00 -1.10 -0.09 -0.78 -3.55 F 5.37 ND 3 NORTHEAST 55.9 0.20 0.00 0.71 10.2 0.65 0.00 -1.31 -0.08 -1.55 -4.95 F 7.97 ND 4 WEST CENTRAL 59.0 0.11 0.00 1.41 17.7 0.72 0.00 -0.33 -0.38 -0.46 -1.18 P 1.30 ND 5 CENTRAL 57.5 0.10 0.00 1.92 23.9 0.68 0.00 -0.29 -0.11 -0.52 -1.39 P 1.69 ND 6 EAST CENTRAL 56.2 0.04 0.00 1.87 23.4 0.63 0.00 -1.49 -0.13 -2.61 -2.76 F 4.52 ND 7 SOUTHWEST 59.6 0.09 0.00 1.19 14.9 0.72 0.00 0.09 -0.07 0.39 0.55 P ND 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 59.5 0.04 0.00 3.88 48.4 0.71 0.00 0.87 -0.29 1.79 4.85 P ND 9 SOUTHEAST 58.2 0.08 0.00 2.51 31.4 0.67 0.00 -0.55 -0.35 -2.19 -0.26 P SD 1 NORTHWEST 59.8 0.12 0.00 2.66 33.3 0.72 0.00 0.69 -0.12 2.17 3.99 F SD 2 NORTH CENTRAL 61.4 0.02 0.00 3.10 38.7 0.75 0.00 0.44 -0.29 0.17 2.99 P SD 3 NORTHEAST 59.8 0.06 0.00 3.12 39.0 0.71 0.00 -0.21 -0.29 -1.88 1.10 P SD 4 BLACK HILLS 58.9 0.57 0.00 4.03 50.4 0.70 0.00 0.35 0.09 0.44 1.06 P SD 5 SOUTHWEST 61.3 0.26 0.00 1.39 17.4 0.73 0.00 0.09 -0.03 -0.50 1.37 P SD 6 CENTRAL 63.0 0.03 0.00 1.81 22.6 0.77 0.00 0.03 -0.18 -1.15 2.53 P SD 7 EAST CENTRAL 61.6 0.21 0.00 1.78 22.3 0.75 0.00 -1.15 -0.04 -3.00 -1.25 P 1.67 SD 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 62.5 0.04 0.00 1.52 25.3 0.74 0.00 -0.17 -0.28 -1.48 0.90 P SD 9 SOUTHEAST 63.6 0.45 0.00 1.41 17.6 0.77 0.00 -1.38 0.48 -3.17 -2.97 P 5.10 WI 1 NORTHWEST 56.1 0.50 0.00 1.75 25.1 0.64 0.00 -0.78 0.19 -2.74 -4.14 F 9.32 WI 2 NORTH CENTRAL 54.6 0.34 0.00 2.75 34.4 0.60 0.00 -0.82 -0.00 -3.06 -4.18 F 9.77 WI 3 NORTHEAST 55.7 0.36 0.00 2.99 37.4 0.61 0.00 -0.40 -0.04 -1.65 -2.70 F 5.93 WI 4 WEST CENTRAL 58.9 0.28 0.00 2.17 27.1 0.68 0.00 -1.90 0.28 -4.34 -3.79 F 8.59 WI 5 CENTRAL 58.3 0.37 0.00 2.67 29.6 0.67 0.00 -1.48 0.29 -3.65 -3.65 F 8.61 WI 6 EAST CENTRAL 58.9 0.44 0.00 2.51 31.4 0.69 0.00 -0.84 0.17 -2.38 -2.84 F 5.81 WI 7 SOUTHWEST 60.7 0.43 0.00 1.71 21.4 0.71 0.00 -2.06 0.56 -3.82 -4.45 F 12.07 WI 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 60.5 0.85 0.15 2.48 32.9 0.70 0.00 -0.88 0.71 -2.63 -3.04 P 7.71 WI 9 SOUTHEAST 60.2 1.37 0.67 3.67 48.2 0.70 0.00 -0.24 0.80 -1.24 -1.83 P 4.20 WY 1 YELLOWSTONE DRAINAGE 51.5 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.9 0.62 0.00 -2.89 0.31 -3.98 -16.91 F 20.85 WY 2 SNAKE DRAINAGE 52.2 0.31 0.00 1.77 25.3 0.63 0.00 -0.46 0.14 -0.49 -4.62 P 6.69 WY 3 GREEN AND BEAR DRNG. 53.1 0.25 0.00 1.32 18.8 0.62 0.00 0.13 -0.01 1.19 2.89 P WY 4 BIG HORN 57.4 0.10 0.00 0.57 7.1 0.66 0.00 0.05 -0.05 1.02 0.64 P WY 5 PWDR/LTL MO/TONGUE D 55.8 0.09 0.00 0.43 5.4 0.63 0.00 -0.91 -0.27 -1.28 -6.95 P 7.92 WY 6 BELLE FOURCHE DRNG. 56.6 0.18 0.00 0.64 8.0 0.64 0.00 -1.65 0.35 -2.05 -7.50 F 9.69 WY 7 CHEYENNE/NIOBRARA DR 60.2 0.39 0.00 0.34 4.3 0.73 0.00 0.01 0.17 0.12 -3.97 P 4.18 WY 8 LOWER PLATTE 58.9 0.36 0.00 1.75 21.9 0.69 0.00 0.14 0.04 1.14 1.48 P WY 9 WIND RIVER 57.0 0.31 0.00 2.03 25.3 0.66 0.00 0.59 -0.05 3.32 7.75 F WY 10 UPPER PLATTE 54.4 0.40 0.00 2.43 30.4 0.64 0.00 0.40 0.03 2.72 7.12 F END OF DATA