For example, northern Minnesota’s area of exceptional drought (D4) was eliminated by well-placed rainfall. Hefty rains fell across some of the region’s hardest-hit drought areas in Minnesota and environs, resulting in improvements of up to one category in the drought depiction. By September 19, USDA reported that winter wheat was 20% planted in Texas and 15% planted in Oklahoma that crop will soon need rain to ensure germination and proper establishment.
Tulsa also reported high temperatures of 90☏ or greater on each of the last 26 days of August and first 20 days of September, but the 46-day streak finally ended with a high of 80☏ on September 21. One of the driest spots was Tulsa, Oklahoma, where August rainfall totaled 0.78 inch (23% of normal) and September 1-21 precipitation stood at one-tenth of an inch (4% of normal).
Broad deterioration of up to one category was observed across the driest areas. Department of Agriculture, topsoil moisture rated very short to short increased at least 10 percentage points during the week ending September 19 to reach 72% in Oklahoma and 69% in Texas. The region remained a contrast between wetness in areas affected by the remnants of Hurricane Nicholas (and previous tropical systems) and rapidly developing dryness (D0) and moderate to extreme drought (D1 to D3) in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Department of Agriculture, North Carolina led the region on September 19 with topsoil moisture rated very short to short (55%) and pastures rated very poor to poor (26%).
Several areas in the Carolinas were in a holding pattern-with significant coverage of D0 but with rain arriving as the drought-monitoring period ended. Savannah, Georgia, was inundated with 6.66 inches of rain on the 20th-the wettest September day in that location since September 4, 1979. Heavy rain in southern South Carolina and coastal Georgia eradicated abnormal dryness (D0).
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A small patch of D1 on Cape Cod reflected ongoing concerns regarding low groundwater levels and poor water quality. In Maine, month-to-date rainfall through September 21 totaled 5.07 inches in Bangor, 4.39 inches in Millinocket, and 3.75 inches in Caribou. Rain again provided relief in lingering areas of dryness (D0) and moderate to severe drought (D1 to D2). Near- or above-normal temperatures covered much of the country, except briefly in the wake of the previously mentioned cold front. Mostly dry weather also prevailed across the nation’s southwestern quadrant, including central and southern California. Some of the most significant short-term dryness, aggravated by late-season heat, existed across the southern Plains. In many sections of the country, however, dry weather favored summer crop maturation and harvesting, but reduced topsoil moisture for newly planted winter grains. Meanwhile, the Northwest also received some precipitation, including high-elevation snow, providing limited drought relief. At the Tuesday morning (September 21) cutoff, rain was falling in several areas-including parts of the Midwest-that have been experiencing dryness or drought. Toward the end of the period, residual tropical moisture was drawn northward in advance of a strong cold front, further enhancing rainfall in several areas. For much of the drought-monitoring period, the remnants of Hurricane Nicholas continued to produce heavy showers across the South.