WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE EASTERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 31 OF THE 2023 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 30 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) CT 1 NORTHWEST 54.5 6.79 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.53 6.26 7.23 5.55 8.46 4.96 F CT 2 CENTRAL 56.7 4.89 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.56 4.33 5.73 3.28 7.28 4.59 F CT 3 COASTAL 61.0 4.23 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.67 3.56 4.69 2.88 5.48 3.00 F DE 1 NORTHERN 61.5 0.80 1.00 4.79 96.5 0.63 0.00 1.22 -0.46 2.90 2.99 F DE 2 SOUTHERN 63.3 0.50 0.83 5.00 97.1 0.67 0.00 1.85 -1.45 3.96 1.91 P ME 1 NORTHERN 53.2 0.00 0.44 5.00 90.7 0.56 0.00 1.04 -0.95 1.66 2.90 P ME 2 SOUTHERN INTERIOR 56.0 0.00 0.41 5.00 90.2 0.59 0.00 1.20 -1.01 2.14 3.86 P ME 3 COASTAL 56.1 0.00 0.39 5.00 89.8 0.61 0.00 1.28 -1.01 2.44 3.08 P MD 1 SOUTHEASTERN SHORE 62.9 0.33 0.68 1.85 42.2 0.65 0.00 -0.29 -0.12 -0.18 -1.50 P 3.36 MD 2 CEN. EASTERN SHORE 63.8 0.30 0.62 4.75 89.6 0.68 0.00 1.25 -0.85 2.41 1.53 P MD 3 LOWER SOUTHERN 63.5 0.17 0.50 2.45 49.2 0.67 0.00 0.10 -0.12 1.28 -3.04 P 8.86 MD 4 UPPER SOUTHERN 62.5 0.33 0.68 2.31 49.9 0.65 0.00 0.24 -0.32 1.10 -2.13 P 5.88 MD 5 NORTHEASTERN SHORE 62.7 0.31 0.66 2.76 57.0 0.65 0.00 0.33 -0.40 1.71 -0.20 P MD 6 NORTHERN CENTRAL 60.5 0.58 0.97 2.07 50.7 0.61 0.00 -0.09 -0.21 1.35 -1.92 P 5.17 MD 7 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 59.9 0.42 0.81 2.43 54.1 0.61 0.00 0.13 -0.15 2.17 -1.22 P 2.17 MD 8 ALLEGHENY PLATEAU 58.7 0.25 0.60 3.04 60.7 0.65 0.00 -0.05 -0.22 -0.26 -3.02 P 6.63 MA 1 WESTERN 53.1 3.15 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.51 2.64 2.95 2.11 3.84 4.29 F MA 2 CENTRAL 55.5 2.87 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.52 2.35 3.81 1.38 5.46 6.02 F MA 3 COASTAL 57.1 1.39 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.58 0.81 2.58 -0.31 3.83 4.08 F NH 1 NORTHERN 54.4 0.08 0.49 5.00 91.5 0.59 0.00 0.48 -0.51 -0.07 2.06 P NH 2 SOUTHERN 55.7 0.49 0.92 5.00 98.7 0.57 0.00 0.92 -0.68 1.73 4.37 P NJ 1 NORTHERN 57.8 2.54 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 1.97 3.15 1.11 3.65 2.79 F NJ 2 SOUTHERN 61.6 1.65 1.00 4.62 93.6 0.64 0.00 1.32 0.48 3.13 0.55 P NJ 3 COASTAL 65.5 3.09 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.76 1.76 3.19 1.63 6.20 2.32 F NY 1 WESTERN PLATEAU 57.4 0.31 0.00 2.83 47.2 0.61 0.00 -0.29 -0.18 -1.05 -1.22 P 2.09 NY 2 EASTERN PLATEAU 55.3 1.11 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.59 0.19 0.80 0.36 1.60 2.92 F NY 3 NORTHERN PLATEAU 54.9 0.01 0.00 4.01 66.8 0.59 0.00 -0.35 -0.23 -2.93 -0.18 P NY 4 COASTAL 63.6 4.82 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.72 2.09 4.13 3.42 4.93 2.38 F NY 5 HUDSON VALLEY 56.1 2.56 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.54 2.02 2.73 1.45 4.74 4.30 F NY 6 MOHAWK VALLEY 55.4 0.13 0.14 5.00 85.7 0.56 0.00 0.14 -0.03 -0.70 1.90 P NY 7 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY 56.6 0.00 0.00 4.21 70.2 0.59 0.00 0.01 -0.22 -0.95 2.53 P NY 8 ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY 52.9 0.00 0.00 2.34 39.0 0.50 0.00 -0.81 -0.32 -2.81 -3.24 P 6.42 NY 9 GREAT LAKES 57.3 0.09 0.00 2.24 37.4 0.60 0.00 -0.53 -0.41 -1.31 0.32 P NY 10 CENTRAL LAKES 57.8 0.16 0.00 3.16 52.7 0.60 0.00 -0.07 -0.18 -0.50 2.35 P NC 1 SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS 65.6 0.09 0.00 3.91 65.2 0.76 0.00 -0.28 -0.29 -1.63 -1.35 F 3.53 NC 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 63.6 0.04 0.19 4.84 83.9 0.73 0.00 0.09 0.00 -0.50 -0.51 P 0.79 NC 3 NORTHERN PIEDMONT 65.9 0.04 0.33 3.45 63.1 0.71 0.00 0.72 -0.43 1.41 0.42 P NC 4 CENTRAL PIEDMONT 66.8 0.00 0.00 2.53 42.2 0.73 0.00 0.05 -0.29 -0.11 -0.71 P 1.29 NC 5 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 68.5 0.00 0.00 1.65 27.6 0.78 0.00 -0.97 -0.76 -1.31 -1.23 F 3.20 NC 6 SO. COASTAL PLAINS 70.0 0.00 0.19 4.71 81.6 0.81 0.00 0.59 -0.52 -1.05 -0.81 P 2.01 NC 7 CEN. COASTAL PLAINS 68.4 0.01 0.26 5.00 87.6 0.75 0.00 1.61 -1.56 1.05 0.78 P NC 8 NO. COASTAL PLAINS 68.0 0.05 0.29 4.73 83.6 0.76 0.00 0.98 -0.89 1.18 -1.27 P 3.26 OH 1 NORTHWEST 63.7 0.44 0.00 2.92 32.5 0.74 0.00 -1.06 0.23 -1.97 -2.84 F 5.73 OH 2 NORTH CENTRAL 63.7 0.32 0.00 5.51 61.3 0.74 0.00 -0.22 -0.08 -1.78 -0.17 P OH 3 NORTHEAST 59.0 0.31 0.00 3.97 49.7 0.61 0.00 -0.61 0.03 -2.61 -1.25 P 2.11 OH 4 WEST CENTRAL 65.0 0.26 0.00 2.93 36.7 0.77 0.00 -1.16 -0.04 -2.54 -1.84 F 3.99 OH 5 CENTRAL 64.6 0.23 0.00 4.16 46.2 0.74 0.00 -0.85 -0.10 -2.39 -1.70 F 3.48 OH 6 CENTRAL HILLS 63.0 0.30 0.00 4.69 58.6 0.73 0.00 -0.48 -0.05 -2.71 -1.12 F 2.06 OH 7 NORTHEAST HILLS 62.3 0.32 0.00 5.31 59.0 0.71 0.00 -0.43 -0.02 -2.24 -1.65 P 3.25 OH 8 SOUTHWEST 66.0 0.76 0.00 2.71 33.9 0.78 0.00 -0.79 0.66 -1.96 -2.37 P 5.56 OH 9 SOUTH CENTRAL 66.0 0.61 0.00 3.62 40.2 0.77 0.00 -0.73 0.31 -1.86 -3.06 F 6.94 OH 10 SOUTHEAST 63.9 0.22 0.00 2.71 38.7 0.72 0.00 -1.01 -0.10 -2.49 -2.48 F 5.52 PA 1 POCONO MOUNTAINS 56.2 2.23 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 1.66 2.10 1.12 3.31 2.74 F PA 2 EAST CENTRAL MTNS. 57.5 1.56 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 0.99 1.51 0.44 2.94 2.66 F PA 3 SE PIEDMONT 58.9 1.51 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 0.09 1.61 0.44 3.01 1.81 F PA 4 LOWER SUSQUEHANNA 59.8 1.15 1.00 2.45 57.5 0.60 0.00 0.13 0.17 1.91 -0.65 P 0.88 PA 5 MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA 58.2 1.07 1.00 4.97 99.5 0.58 0.00 1.06 -0.04 1.90 2.83 F PA 6 UPPER SUSQUEHANNA 56.3 0.89 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.58 0.31 0.71 0.11 2.04 3.18 F PA 7 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS 57.9 0.62 0.34 3.70 67.3 0.61 0.00 0.23 -0.03 0.48 1.15 P PA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL MTNS. 58.7 0.47 0.75 2.31 50.9 0.61 0.00 0.07 -0.34 1.03 -0.30 P PA 9 SOUTHWEST PLATEAU 60.8 0.35 0.00 3.16 52.6 0.66 0.00 -0.22 -0.12 -1.29 -0.91 P 1.53 PA 10 NORTHWEST PLATEAU 59.2 0.45 0.00 2.84 47.4 0.65 0.00 -0.39 0.01 -1.85 -1.39 P 2.53 RI 1 ALL 57.2 3.08 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 2.51 4.12 1.41 4.99 5.10 F SC 1 MOUNTAIN 66.8 0.00 0.00 4.31 71.9 0.78 0.00 -0.08 -0.13 -1.36 -1.82 F 7.66 SC 2 NORTHWEST 69.6 0.00 0.00 1.42 23.6 0.82 0.00 -1.46 -0.70 -1.57 -1.31 F 3.54 SC 3 NORTH CENTRAL 69.6 0.00 0.00 1.31 21.8 0.80 0.00 -0.66 -0.73 -0.90 -1.41 P 3.69 SC 4 NORTHEAST 70.5 0.04 0.00 4.83 80.5 0.82 0.00 0.72 -0.49 -0.53 0.80 P SC 5 WEST CENTRAL 70.7 0.01 0.00 1.91 31.9 0.84 0.00 0.03 -0.18 -0.02 0.23 P SC 6 CENTRAL 71.1 0.10 0.02 5.00 83.7 0.84 0.00 0.45 -0.43 0.18 2.06 P SC 7 SOUTHERN 72.5 0.21 0.00 4.98 83.0 0.89 0.00 0.26 -0.49 -0.53 0.64 P VT 1 NORTHEASTERN 54.3 0.03 0.46 5.00 91.1 0.57 0.00 0.09 -0.44 0.00 3.51 P VT 2 WESTERN 54.2 0.11 0.58 5.00 93.1 0.53 0.00 0.14 -0.22 0.06 3.18 P VT 3 SOUTHEASTERN 55.5 0.71 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.59 0.12 0.45 -0.40 0.85 3.86 F VA 1 TIDEWATER 64.2 0.07 0.41 3.63 67.3 0.66 0.00 0.72 -0.52 1.31 -0.37 P VA 2 EASTERN PIEDMONT 63.9 0.05 0.38 4.74 85.4 0.67 0.00 1.49 -0.92 2.12 0.93 P VA 3 WESTERN PIEDMONT 63.6 0.10 0.44 3.06 58.3 0.66 0.00 0.39 -0.43 0.37 0.02 P VA 4 NORTHERN 61.2 0.28 0.66 1.96 43.6 0.62 0.00 -0.13 -0.18 1.37 -3.92 P 10.03 VA 5 CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 61.5 0.22 0.21 2.11 38.7 0.64 0.00 0.03 -0.09 0.07 -2.10 P 5.03 VA 6 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 62.5 0.11 0.00 3.22 53.7 0.68 0.00 -0.39 -0.31 -0.77 -1.38 F 2.70 WV 1 NORTHWESTERN 64.0 0.24 0.00 3.28 54.6 0.72 0.00 -0.29 -0.15 -1.67 -0.77 F 1.16 WV 2 NORTH CENTRAL 62.2 0.15 0.00 4.74 79.0 0.64 0.00 0.15 -0.04 -0.78 0.54 P WV 3 SOUTHWESTERN 64.5 0.07 0.00 1.97 32.9 0.74 0.00 -0.81 -0.53 -1.25 -1.80 F 3.50 WV 4 CENTRAL 60.4 0.14 0.35 3.57 65.3 0.67 0.00 0.02 -0.41 -0.43 -3.29 P 6.89 WV 5 SOUTHERN 62.4 0.06 0.00 2.27 37.8 0.68 0.00 -0.72 -0.45 -1.05 -1.69 F 3.02 WV 6 NORTHEASTERN 60.0 0.39 0.78 2.55 55.5 0.61 0.00 0.36 -0.25 2.33 -0.21 P END OF DATA