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Climate of 2002 - July U.S. Drought National Climatic Data Center, 15 August 2002
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U.S. Drought Highlights:
- On the national scale, severe drought affected about 37 percent of the contiguous United States as of the end of July 2002
- Most of the western U.S. continued to suffer from drought, both short-term and long-term
- Conditions continued very dry over parts of the adjoining Great Plains
- July was dry across much of the eastern U.S. into the Ohio Valley, with parts of the Southeast suffering from severe long-term drought
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The data presented in this drought report are preliminary. Ranks, anomalies, and percent areas may change as more complete data are received and processed. |
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For further information on the historical climate perspective presented in this report, contact:
Richard Heim NOAA/National Climatic Data Center 151 Patton Avenue Asheville, NC 28801-5001 fax: 828-271-4328 email: Richard.Heim@noaa.gov
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