NCDC: Climate of 2002 - October

NCDC / Clim. Monitoring / Climate-2002 / Oct / U.S. Regional Drought / Search / Help

Climate of 2002 - October
Montana Drought

National Climatic Data Center, 14 November 2002

Statewide Precipitation Ranks
for Montana , 2001-2002
Period	Rank
Oct	21^st driest
Sep-Oct	17^th driest
Aug-Oct	38^th driest
Jul-Oct	40^th driest
Jun-Oct	48^th driest
May-Oct	39^th driest
Apr-Oct	36^th driest
Mar-Oct	35^th driest
Feb-Oct	37^th driest
Jan-Oct	32^nd driest
Dec-Oct	25^th driest
Nov-Oct	23^rd driest

Montana statewide precipitation departures, January 1998 - present

larger image
Montana statewide Palmer Z Index, January 1998 - present

larger image

Montana statewide precipitation, October 1895-2002

larger image

Montana statewide Palmer Hydrological Drought Index, January 1900 - October 2002

larger image

NCDC / Clim. Monitoring / Climate-2002 / Oct / U.S. Regional Drought / Search / Help

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2002/oct/st024dv00pcp200210.html
Downloaded Saturday, 04-Oct-2008 07:33:37 EDT
Last Updated Monday, 18-Jul-2005 09:45:01 EDT by Richard.Heim@noaa.gov
Please see the NCDC Contact Page if you have questions or comments.