National Weather Service Tucson Arizona drought page
Southeast
Arizona Drought Monitoring (October
precipitation data was
on November 10th) Preliminary November precipitation data
will be posted by December 15th
Drought
conditions update (as of November 17th) - Continued dryness
during the Fall season has resulted in Severe (D2) drought status to be
expanded west and east across southeast Arizona on this weeks National
Drought Monitor map.
Outlook
for the week of November 22nd.
Dry conditions will continue with a few dry weather systems moving through
the state. The next update to drought conditions will be during the
week of November 22nd.
Move
your mouse over the above areas to change graphs below.
Select
an area above to see individual stations in that area.
What
do the above graphics show? The area shaded BLACK shows monthly
precipitation departure from (1971-2000) normals. The RED
line depicts 12-month total precipitation departure from normal with SURPLUSES
above the zero line and DEFICITS below
the zero line. The BLUE line shows what
is the 60% departure of the yearly normal. Note: x-axis time scale is
reversed -- most recent is at left.