WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 56 OF THE 2023 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 23 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) AL 1 NORTHERN VALLEY 51.4 0.78 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.26 0.52 1.66 -0.62 -0.24 0.62 P AL 2 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 53.1 0.27 0.97 5.00 99.5 0.30 0.00 0.97 -0.98 -0.41 -0.12 P AL 3 UPPER PLAINS 54.1 0.39 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.29 0.10 1.19 -0.99 -0.10 0.65 P AL 4 EASTERN VALLEY 54.2 0.35 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.31 0.04 0.87 -0.79 -0.37 -0.01 P AL 5 PIEDMONT PLATEAU 54.7 0.74 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.30 0.44 1.69 -0.81 0.84 1.09 P AL 6 PRAIRIE 56.5 0.95 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.32 0.63 1.90 -0.65 1.47 2.13 P AL 7 COASTAL PLAIN 57.2 0.69 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.33 0.36 1.44 -0.73 0.69 0.52 P AL 8 GULF 56.8 0.93 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.30 0.63 1.33 -0.07 0.36 -0.02 P AR 1 NORTHWEST 50.2 0.08 0.81 5.00 96.9 0.27 0.00 0.10 -0.50 -1.18 -0.80 F 1.74 AR 2 NORTH CENTRAL 50.9 0.13 0.85 4.00 97.0 0.28 0.00 0.67 -0.66 -0.67 0.13 P AR 3 NORTHEAST 50.3 0.03 0.79 6.00 97.0 0.24 0.00 0.58 -0.59 -1.41 -0.83 F 2.09 AR 4 WEST CENTRAL 52.0 0.10 0.82 6.00 97.5 0.28 0.00 0.80 -0.79 -0.51 -0.40 P AR 5 CENTRAL 52.2 0.12 0.85 6.00 97.9 0.27 0.00 1.36 -1.36 0.37 0.82 P AR 6 EAST CENTRAL 50.9 0.19 0.96 4.00 99.2 0.23 0.00 0.81 -0.82 -0.79 -0.52 P 0.99 AR 7 SOUTHWEST 53.0 0.72 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.28 0.44 1.54 -0.64 0.51 2.36 P AR 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 52.6 0.69 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.25 0.44 2.21 -1.32 1.67 2.16 P AR 9 SOUTHEAST 53.4 0.58 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.27 0.31 1.81 -1.19 0.73 0.78 P FL 1 NORTHWEST 59.1 1.09 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.36 0.63 1.35 0.10 0.15 1.05 P FL 2 NORTH 62.1 1.00 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.42 0.12 0.64 0.05 -0.69 0.40 P FL 3 NORTH CENTRAL 64.7 0.85 0.80 5.00 96.7 0.48 0.00 0.40 0.31 -0.89 0.68 P FL 4 SOUTH CENTRAL 66.8 0.50 0.33 5.00 88.9 0.53 0.00 0.11 -0.01 -1.34 0.29 P FL 5 EVERGLADES/SW COAST 70.9 2.48 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.70 0.97 2.16 1.61 1.72 2.59 F FL 6 LOWER EAST COAST 71.7 2.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.73 1.11 1.98 1.40 1.68 2.86 F FL 7 KEYS 74.2 4.01 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.84 1.75 4.03 3.28 4.30 6.72 F GA 1 NORTHWEST 52.2 0.33 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.28 0.05 1.00 -0.92 0.05 -0.14 P GA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 53.0 0.55 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.31 0.24 1.30 -0.83 0.69 0.88 P GA 3 NORTHEAST 54.5 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.2 0.35 0.00 -1.68 -0.10 -5.30 -14.76 F 58.76 GA 4 WEST CENTRAL 55.3 1.10 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.33 0.77 2.09 -0.54 1.89 1.73 P GA 5 CENTRAL 56.3 1.13 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.33 0.75 1.72 -0.11 0.79 1.11 P GA 6 EAST CENTRAL 58.1 1.10 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.37 0.48 1.67 -0.20 1.12 2.62 P GA 7 SOUTHWEST 57.7 0.94 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.33 0.61 1.55 -0.34 0.56 0.88 P GA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 58.8 1.63 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.36 1.26 1.69 0.77 0.35 0.19 P GA 9 SOUTHEAST 61.4 1.16 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.44 0.55 0.94 0.22 -0.03 0.61 P LA 1 NORTHWEST 56.0 0.65 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.31 0.34 1.70 -1.02 1.01 1.50 P LA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 55.2 1.18 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.29 0.89 2.50 -0.72 1.48 1.55 F LA 3 NORTHEAST 54.8 1.04 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.28 0.76 2.14 -0.61 0.76 1.32 P LA 4 WEST CENTRAL 57.1 1.11 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.32 0.79 1.30 0.26 -1.01 -1.07 P 2.88 LA 5 CENTRAL 56.6 1.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.29 1.23 1.86 0.60 -0.15 -0.35 P LA 6 EAST CENTRAL 57.8 1.71 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.33 1.38 2.26 0.48 0.90 0.95 P LA 7 SOUTHWEST 58.5 2.14 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.33 1.81 1.80 1.44 -0.09 0.14 P LA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 57.5 2.05 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.30 1.75 1.94 1.25 0.41 1.71 P LA 9 SOUTHEAST 56.8 2.53 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.27 2.26 3.16 1.37 2.49 2.81 F MS 1 UPPER DELTA 51.3 0.71 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 0.49 1.86 -0.89 0.20 0.53 P MS 2 NORTH CENTRAL 50.7 0.40 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 0.18 1.08 -0.73 -0.90 -0.74 P 1.95 MS 3 NORTHEAST 51.4 0.85 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.24 0.61 1.72 -0.49 -0.39 -0.12 P MS 4 LOWER DELTA 53.1 0.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.25 0.27 1.66 -1.10 0.58 0.84 P MS 5 CENTRAL 53.4 0.50 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.27 0.23 1.69 -1.22 0.97 0.95 P MS 6 EAST CENTRAL 54.1 0.50 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.29 0.21 1.55 -1.14 0.69 0.84 P MS 7 SOUTHWEST 56.1 1.39 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.31 1.08 1.99 0.17 0.47 0.85 P MS 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 56.9 1.31 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.32 0.99 1.96 0.02 1.05 1.38 P MS 9 SOUTHEAST 56.2 1.09 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.31 0.78 2.28 -0.73 2.13 1.48 P MS 10 COASTAL 57.8 1.19 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.32 0.87 1.66 0.07 0.37 1.30 P NM 1 NORTHWESTERN PLATEAU 39.6 0.34 1.00 4.47 78.1 0.14 0.00 0.25 -0.34 2.31 3.55 F NM 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 39.2 0.33 1.00 4.35 76.4 0.17 0.00 0.11 -0.10 1.33 1.83 F NM 3 NORTHEASTERN PLAINS 47.5 0.04 0.19 0.19 5.4 0.25 0.00 0.01 0.00 -0.83 -0.30 P NM 4 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 41.0 0.38 1.00 2.66 52.3 0.18 0.00 0.11 -0.11 1.66 2.83 F NM 5 CENTRAL VALLEY 45.6 0.24 0.98 1.24 31.7 0.19 0.00 0.07 -0.01 1.53 2.08 F NM 6 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 42.5 0.30 1.00 2.29 47.0 0.22 0.00 0.04 -0.05 -0.38 -0.86 P 0.79 NM 7 SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS 51.7 0.06 0.00 0.02 0.3 0.30 0.00 -0.48 -0.22 -1.25 -2.46 P 2.81 NM 8 SOUTHERN DESERT 49.3 0.05 0.55 0.59 16.3 0.23 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.36 0.51 P OK 1 PANHANDLE 50.0 0.08 0.00 3.43 42.8 0.28 0.00 -0.04 -0.05 -1.63 1.14 P OK 2 NORTH CENTRAL 50.0 0.21 0.31 6.00 90.1 0.23 0.00 0.01 -0.00 -1.02 2.02 P OK 3 NORTHEAST 50.6 0.09 0.62 5.00 93.7 0.25 0.00 0.01 -0.15 -1.33 -0.59 P 0.80 OK 4 WEST CENTRAL 51.2 0.29 0.46 6.00 92.3 0.26 0.00 0.04 0.03 -0.57 2.26 P OK 5 CENTRAL 52.0 0.78 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.27 0.37 0.52 0.51 0.02 1.42 P OK 6 EAST CENTRAL 52.2 0.40 1.00 4.00 100.0 0.27 0.13 0.36 -0.37 -0.45 -0.06 P OK 7 SOUTHWEST 52.2 0.58 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.25 0.11 0.33 0.32 0.17 1.36 P OK 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 53.2 0.54 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.27 0.27 0.28 -0.11 -0.11 0.81 P OK 9 SOUTHEAST 52.4 1.19 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.26 0.93 1.55 0.32 0.45 0.90 P TN 1 EASTERN 47.7 0.59 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 0.37 1.17 -0.45 -0.35 0.59 P TN 2 CUMBERLAND PLATEAU 48.5 0.55 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.25 0.30 1.36 -0.76 -0.39 0.51 P TN 3 MIDDLE 48.9 0.47 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.23 0.24 1.18 -0.72 -0.90 -0.59 P 1.45 TN 4 WESTERN 49.9 0.25 1.00 3.00 100.0 0.23 0.02 0.37 -0.48 -1.82 -0.71 F 1.63 TX 1 HIGH PLAINS 52.5 0.08 0.00 1.14 19.0 0.32 0.00 0.01 -0.02 -1.09 -0.21 P TX 2 LOW ROLLING PLAINS 54.8 0.26 0.70 4.93 80.4 0.30 0.00 0.08 -0.20 0.15 1.59 P TX 3 NORTH CENTRAL 56.4 0.71 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.31 0.40 0.56 -0.10 0.48 1.11 P TX 4 EAST TEXAS 57.6 1.33 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.34 0.99 1.35 0.49 -0.08 0.67 P TX 5 TRANS PECOS 58.3 0.08 0.00 0.01 0.1 0.40 0.00 -0.60 -0.17 -0.49 -2.75 P 2.77 TX 6 EDWARDS PLATEAU 58.9 0.22 0.00 2.69 53.7 0.37 0.00 0.02 -0.05 -1.15 -1.62 P 2.94 TX 7 SOUTH CENTRAL 61.7 0.87 0.64 6.77 92.7 0.40 0.00 0.47 0.31 -0.77 -0.03 P TX 8 UPPER COAST 61.4 1.68 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.40 0.43 1.22 0.93 -0.73 0.25 P TX 9 SOUTHERN 67.2 0.24 0.00 1.42 17.7 0.56 0.00 0.12 -0.02 -0.28 0.17 P TX 10 LOWER VALLEY 69.0 0.62 0.04 3.06 38.8 0.61 0.00 0.37 0.13 0.03 1.73 P PR 1 NORTH COASTAL 81.8 0.80 0.00 0.04 0.6 1.36 0.00 -2.41 -0.01 -2.18 -10.59 F 30.56 PR 2 SOUTH COASTAL 82.8 0.10 0.00 0.02 0.3 1.40 0.00 -2.95 0.13 -2.11 -9.81 F 15.11 PR 3 NORTHERN SLOPES 82.9 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.1 1.40 0.00 -7.16 -0.03 -5.83 -20.60 F 60.44 PR 4 SOUTHERN SLOPES 82.5 0.44 0.00 0.02 0.3 1.39 0.00 -3.86 0.03 -3.29 -14.32 F 34.94 PR 5 EASTERN INTERIOR 77.5 0.89 0.00 0.11 1.5 1.10 0.00 -0.93 -0.04 -3.62 -12.84 F 35.32 PR 6 WESTERN INTERIOR 78.1 0.50 0.00 0.05 0.6 1.14 0.00 -3.26 -0.05 -3.81 -23.71 F 72.65 END OF DATA