WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 58 OF THE 2023 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 6 APR 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) AL 1 NORTHERN VALLEY 56.8 0.62 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.41 0.21 1.30 -0.89 -0.10 0.37 P AL 2 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 57.8 0.42 0.97 5.00 99.6 0.45 0.00 0.83 -0.84 -1.38 -0.48 F AL 3 UPPER PLAINS 59.9 0.36 0.89 5.00 98.2 0.47 0.00 0.92 -0.93 -1.20 0.18 P AL 4 EASTERN VALLEY 59.5 0.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.48 0.04 0.42 -0.45 -1.96 -0.63 F 1.92 AL 5 PIEDMONT PLATEAU 60.5 1.40 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.48 0.92 1.46 0.39 -1.29 0.58 P AL 6 PRAIRIE 62.6 0.78 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.53 0.25 1.24 -0.73 -0.73 1.77 P AL 7 COASTAL PLAIN 63.0 0.46 0.93 5.00 98.9 0.53 0.00 0.54 -0.55 -1.71 -0.32 P AL 8 GULF 63.3 0.09 0.57 5.00 92.9 0.52 0.00 0.53 -0.52 -1.72 -0.62 F 1.78 AR 1 NORTHWEST 56.7 0.49 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.46 0.03 0.72 -0.65 -0.35 -0.68 P 1.56 AR 2 NORTH CENTRAL 58.2 0.03 0.54 4.00 90.7 0.49 0.00 0.72 -0.71 -0.75 -0.19 P AR 3 NORTHEAST 59.0 0.02 0.53 6.00 93.3 0.49 0.00 0.29 -0.51 -1.60 -1.13 F 3.73 AR 4 WEST CENTRAL 58.5 0.02 0.55 6.00 93.6 0.47 0.00 1.20 -1.20 -0.01 -0.26 P AR 5 CENTRAL 60.3 0.05 0.54 6.00 93.5 0.51 0.00 0.87 -0.89 -0.27 0.20 P AR 6 EAST CENTRAL 60.1 0.17 0.67 4.00 93.5 0.50 0.00 0.52 -0.53 -0.73 -0.76 F 2.10 AR 7 SOUTHWEST 61.4 0.10 0.57 7.00 94.6 0.53 0.00 1.01 -1.01 -0.05 1.88 P AR 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 62.1 0.17 0.64 6.00 94.8 0.53 0.00 0.72 -0.72 0.12 1.12 P AR 9 SOUTHEAST 62.9 0.19 0.63 5.00 93.8 0.56 0.00 1.00 -1.01 0.06 0.14 P FL 1 NORTHWEST 63.0 0.59 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.50 0.09 0.80 -0.63 -0.97 0.71 P FL 2 NORTH 64.6 1.19 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.53 0.66 0.79 0.17 -0.29 0.61 P FL 3 NORTH CENTRAL 66.9 0.66 0.79 5.00 96.5 0.58 0.00 0.15 0.09 -1.02 0.33 P FL 4 SOUTH CENTRAL 68.1 0.54 0.00 4.89 81.6 0.60 0.00 0.09 -0.01 -1.56 -0.27 P FL 5 EVERGLADES/SW COAST 71.3 0.33 0.00 4.85 80.9 0.75 0.00 0.80 -0.56 0.58 1.93 P FL 6 LOWER EAST COAST 73.4 0.40 0.00 4.81 80.2 0.85 0.00 0.58 -0.55 0.46 2.09 P FL 7 KEYS 76.0 1.04 0.16 5.00 86.1 0.99 0.00 2.34 -0.51 4.55 6.58 F GA 1 NORTHWEST 56.6 0.36 0.95 5.00 99.2 0.41 0.00 0.62 -0.62 -1.92 -0.63 F 1.77 GA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 57.5 0.80 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.45 0.35 0.91 -0.23 -1.95 0.22 P GA 3 NORTHEAST 58.8 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.2 0.49 0.00 -2.03 -0.30 -5.03 -14.86 F 60.93 GA 4 WEST CENTRAL 60.3 1.41 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.49 0.92 1.56 0.28 -1.20 1.27 P GA 5 CENTRAL 61.2 1.00 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.49 0.51 1.22 -0.20 -0.91 0.81 P GA 6 EAST CENTRAL 62.1 0.89 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.51 0.38 1.12 -0.36 -0.78 2.39 P GA 7 SOUTHWEST 62.4 0.82 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.49 0.33 0.97 -0.32 -0.97 0.44 P GA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 62.2 0.88 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.49 0.39 1.27 -0.48 0.03 0.22 P GA 9 SOUTHEAST 63.7 0.81 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.53 0.28 0.65 -0.22 -0.53 0.42 P LA 1 NORTHWEST 64.6 0.06 0.46 5.00 91.0 0.60 0.00 0.50 -0.49 -0.65 0.32 P LA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 64.4 0.20 0.61 5.00 93.5 0.59 0.00 1.11 -1.11 0.65 0.80 P LA 3 NORTHEAST 64.1 0.26 0.68 5.00 94.7 0.58 0.00 1.33 -1.34 0.17 0.87 P LA 4 WEST CENTRAL 66.6 0.21 0.55 5.00 92.5 0.66 0.00 1.00 -1.01 -0.35 -1.10 P 3.25 LA 5 CENTRAL 65.3 0.26 0.67 5.00 94.5 0.59 0.00 0.81 -0.81 -0.69 -0.72 P 2.05 LA 6 EAST CENTRAL 65.7 0.04 0.43 5.00 90.5 0.61 0.00 0.93 -0.94 -0.70 0.42 P LA 7 SOUTHWEST 65.8 0.06 0.46 5.00 91.1 0.60 0.00 0.48 -0.49 -0.29 -0.48 P LA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 65.1 0.00 0.44 5.00 90.7 0.56 0.00 0.66 -0.67 -0.32 0.99 P LA 9 SOUTHEAST 63.2 0.01 0.53 5.00 92.2 0.48 0.00 0.85 -0.85 -0.38 1.89 P MS 1 UPPER DELTA 60.4 0.20 0.72 5.00 95.3 0.48 0.00 1.25 -1.25 0.34 0.32 P MS 2 NORTH CENTRAL 59.5 0.24 0.77 5.00 96.1 0.47 0.00 1.00 -1.01 -0.35 -0.89 P 2.82 MS 3 NORTHEAST 57.9 1.00 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.42 0.58 1.62 -0.47 0.23 -0.17 P MS 4 LOWER DELTA 62.9 0.23 0.68 5.00 94.6 0.55 0.00 1.22 -1.22 -0.19 0.48 P MS 5 CENTRAL 62.0 0.19 0.66 5.00 94.3 0.53 0.00 1.19 -1.19 -0.55 0.60 P MS 6 EAST CENTRAL 60.9 0.20 0.70 5.00 95.1 0.50 0.00 1.04 -1.04 -0.77 0.35 P MS 7 SOUTHWEST 65.2 0.12 0.51 5.00 91.8 0.61 0.00 1.28 -1.29 -0.55 0.65 P MS 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 65.1 0.28 0.68 5.00 94.7 0.60 0.00 1.22 -1.22 -0.72 1.06 P MS 9 SOUTHEAST 63.2 0.45 0.90 5.00 98.4 0.55 0.00 1.32 -1.32 -0.56 1.19 P MS 10 COASTAL 64.7 0.08 0.52 5.00 92.0 0.56 0.00 0.58 -0.57 -1.55 0.58 P NM 1 NORTHWESTERN PLATEAU 40.3 0.34 1.00 4.98 85.4 0.16 0.00 0.14 -0.12 3.76 3.79 F NM 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 43.0 0.26 0.98 4.59 79.6 0.28 0.00 -0.00 -0.18 1.13 1.80 P NM 3 NORTHEASTERN PLAINS 53.0 0.28 0.00 0.19 2.7 0.40 0.00 0.01 -0.00 -0.46 -0.35 P NM 4 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 41.9 0.44 1.00 3.17 59.6 0.21 0.00 0.15 -0.01 3.49 3.24 F NM 5 CENTRAL VALLEY 47.1 0.29 0.97 1.24 31.6 0.24 0.00 0.12 0.05 2.41 2.37 F NM 6 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 46.0 0.24 0.83 2.29 44.6 0.32 0.00 0.02 0.01 -0.09 -0.99 P 0.98 NM 7 SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS 56.0 0.05 0.00 0.02 0.3 0.43 0.00 -0.87 -0.23 -1.34 -2.60 F 3.09 NM 8 SOUTHERN DESERT 49.3 0.26 0.63 0.59 17.4 0.24 0.00 0.06 0.02 1.13 1.06 F OK 1 PANHANDLE 56.9 0.45 0.00 3.39 42.4 0.48 0.00 -0.02 0.07 -1.05 0.85 P OK 2 NORTH CENTRAL 57.0 0.28 0.35 6.00 90.7 0.43 0.00 0.01 -0.17 -0.82 1.74 P OK 3 NORTHEAST 58.1 1.60 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.46 0.83 1.14 1.07 -0.56 -0.41 P OK 4 WEST CENTRAL 58.7 0.22 0.24 6.00 89.1 0.47 0.00 0.02 -0.02 -0.71 1.87 P OK 5 CENTRAL 59.2 0.97 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.48 0.49 0.50 0.40 0.29 1.51 P OK 6 EAST CENTRAL 59.2 0.67 1.00 4.00 100.0 0.47 0.20 0.27 -0.30 -0.09 -0.18 P OK 7 SOUTHWEST 60.5 0.26 0.70 6.00 95.7 0.50 0.00 0.03 0.02 -0.28 0.92 P OK 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 60.9 0.46 0.96 6.00 99.4 0.50 0.00 0.19 -0.49 0.07 0.74 P OK 9 SOUTHEAST 60.0 0.11 0.63 6.00 94.7 0.48 0.00 1.15 -1.14 0.53 0.76 P TN 1 EASTERN 53.6 0.69 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.38 0.31 0.76 -0.18 -1.68 -0.31 P TN 2 CUMBERLAND PLATEAU 54.1 0.89 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.41 0.48 1.28 -0.32 -1.03 -0.33 P TN 3 MIDDLE 55.6 0.99 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.41 0.58 1.24 -0.09 -0.88 -1.17 P 3.81 TN 4 WESTERN 57.8 0.46 1.00 3.00 100.0 0.45 0.01 0.49 -0.49 -0.97 -0.82 F 2.32 TX 1 HIGH PLAINS 59.4 0.16 0.00 1.02 17.1 0.53 0.00 -0.60 -0.31 -1.37 -1.64 P 2.25 TX 2 LOW ROLLING PLAINS 64.1 0.10 0.00 4.92 70.2 0.60 0.00 0.14 0.05 -0.23 0.95 P TX 3 NORTH CENTRAL 65.3 0.24 0.62 6.00 94.6 0.62 0.00 0.02 -0.39 0.24 0.86 P TX 4 EAST TEXAS 66.3 0.09 0.44 6.00 92.0 0.65 0.00 0.53 -0.52 -0.19 -0.12 P TX 5 TRANS PECOS 62.7 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.1 0.55 0.00 -1.22 -0.29 -1.71 -2.96 P 2.99 TX 6 EDWARDS PLATEAU 67.9 0.07 0.00 2.24 44.9 0.70 0.00 -0.43 -0.37 -1.34 -2.55 P 5.35 TX 7 SOUTH CENTRAL 69.0 0.05 0.00 6.49 81.2 0.70 0.00 0.05 -0.03 -0.37 -0.57 P 0.74 TX 8 UPPER COAST 68.6 0.03 0.00 5.99 85.6 0.69 0.00 0.14 -0.48 -0.25 -0.41 P TX 9 SOUTHERN 69.8 0.01 0.00 1.20 15.0 0.70 0.00 -0.86 -0.60 -0.42 -0.42 P TX 10 LOWER VALLEY 72.0 0.00 0.00 2.54 31.7 0.78 0.00 -0.02 -0.17 0.51 1.19 P PR 1 NORTH COASTAL 81.8 0.80 0.00 0.04 0.6 1.39 0.00 -2.47 -0.04 -2.29 -10.45 F 32.94 PR 2 SOUTH COASTAL 82.8 0.10 0.00 0.02 0.3 1.43 0.00 -3.09 -0.14 -2.07 -9.68 F 17.00 PR 3 NORTHERN SLOPES 82.9 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.1 1.43 0.00 -7.25 -0.05 -5.72 -20.49 F 64.11 PR 4 SOUTHERN SLOPES 82.5 0.44 0.00 0.02 0.3 1.41 0.00 -3.94 -0.07 -3.07 -14.11 F 36.04 PR 5 EASTERN INTERIOR 77.5 0.89 0.00 0.11 1.5 1.12 0.00 -1.02 -0.05 -3.56 -12.78 F 39.75 PR 6 WESTERN INTERIOR 78.1 0.50 0.00 0.05 0.6 1.16 0.00 -3.38 -0.06 -4.34 -23.28 F 79.49 END OF DATA