The observer writes the following: "Very disappointing rain from Isaias... and the wave behind it stopped when it got here and veered north, giving us [no rain]! The U.S. Drought Monitor started in 2000. Improvements were made to the abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions in southern Missouri. Drought is defined as a moisture deficit bad enough to have social, environmental or economic effects. Other monthly rainfall amounts measured on Kosrae included 13.57 inches at the Nautilus Hotel, 17.79 inches at Tofol, and 14.45 inches at Utwa. Both stations remain drought-free this week. Precipitation was mixed as areas of eastern Kansas, eastern Wyoming, central South Dakota, south central and southwest Nebraska and far southwest Kansas all had above-normal precipitation for the week with thunderstorm activity. Two National Park Service sites, Siufaga Ridge and Toa Ridge, reported 1.51 inches and 4.27 inches of rain (respectively) this week. The data is updated each Tuesday and released on Thursday. Drought in Washington 2019. Since 2000, the longest duration of drought (D1-D4) in Washington lasted 116 weeks beginning on January 7, 2014 and ending on March 22, 2016. In eastern portions of Micronesia, the week/month rainfall pairs (respectively) for Pingelap, Pohnpei, and Kosrae (airport) were 3.83/12.86 inches, 3.78 (1 day missing)/9.54 inches, and 4.32/14.26 inches. Surface troughs, weak circulations, and tropical disturbances migrated through the ITCZ and near-equatorial trough, while differential trade-wind speeds aided surface convergence. The well water level at the Grade School 3 well in Charlotte Amalie is about 11 feet below the land surface. Since 2000, the longest duration of drought (D1-D4) in Oregon lasted 270 weeks beginning on December 27, 2011 and ending on February 21, 2017. Since June 1st, 4.86 inches of rain fell, which is 0.87-inch below average for the period. Drought in Virginia from 2000 - 2020. The weekly and monthly precipitation totals at both locations exceeded the minima required (2 inches and 8 inches, respectively) to satisfy most water needs. Submit drought impact and condition reports via the Drought Impact Reporter.The U.S. Drought Monitor website has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection. In addition, 11 of the past 12 weeks have been wet in Kosrae (airport location). Areas of southeast Texas were improved with both abnormally dry and moderate drought reduced. Three of the past four weeks in Palau have been wet (i.e. A new area of moderate drought was added to central Georgia due to continued dryness in the region. A blob of 1+ inches of rain was measured by the satellite QPE just north of the Samoan Islands, with arms of lesser amounts extending across American Samoa.The Palau International Airport (PIA) received 3.47 inches of rain this week, and the Koror COOP measured 3.44 inches (1 day missing). Guam's July rainfall total of 8.26 inches more than doubled the monthly minimum threshold of 4 inches. Richland, Washington recorded 113 degrees on July 30, tying an all-time record high first achieved on August 5, 1961.Temperatures in the region were generally 2-4 degrees above normal with some coastal areas in New England 6-8 degrees above normal. July 2020 rainfall for Windswept Beach was effectively near normal at 3.72 inches (compared to the 1984-2020 mean value of 3.42 inches). Portions of the upper Midwest continue to remain dry, with new areas of abnormally dry conditions introduced into northern Minnesota, western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa. Portions of the Texas panhandle and central into west Texas as well as eastern Arkansas and into Mississippi remained dry this week. Since May 1, 2020, provisional data shows the well water level has ranged between approximately 9.5-13 feet below the surface. CoCoRaHS station VI-SC-8 (Christiansted 1.8 ESE) and VI-SC-9 (Christiansted 4.1 ESE) reported 0.59-inch and 0.79-inch of rain, respectively, during the drought week. In fact, 9 of the past 12 weeks were wet in Nukuoro.
Yap, Ulithi, and Rumung, in western Micronesia, measured 1.87 inches, 1.04 inches (1 day missing), and 1.10 inches of rain (2 days missing), respectively. The most intense period of drought occurred the week of August 20, 2002 where D4 affected 30.53% of Virginia land. Drought in Maryland from 2000 - 2020. The greatest chances of above-normal precipitation are over the eastern half of the country, centered on the Midwest, and also over the Pacific Northwest. The USGS Susannaberg DPW 3 well did not report this week due to equipment problems. The Drought Monitor summary map identifies general areas of drought and labels them by intensity. Alaska had abnormally dry conditions expand over the Prince William Sound region while on Hawaii, improvements were made on the Big Island and Kauai to both moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions in response to recent rains over those islands.Several synoptic features influenced the weather across the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) during this USDM week (7/29/20- Accordingly, the drought designation for St. Thomas remains unchanged at D0(S).An observer for Windswept Beach (CoCoRaHS VI-SJ-3) on the island of St. John reported 0.74-inch of rain fell during the drought week.