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The Drought Monitor is released weekly on Thursday (using data as of the previous Tuesday) by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NOAA, and USDA. For more information, including a discussion of the drought and additional maps, please visit https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
 
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Observed Precipitation Trends
The maps below are courtesy the Midwest Regional Climate Center.
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Observed Temperature Trends
The maps below are courtesy the Midwest Regional Climate Center.
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Vegdri
VegDri MN
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VegDri: Fused satellite vegetation health and observed precipitation trends. This information is critical because the climate-vegetation response can vary depending on these different environmental characteristics. (More information and maps from the VegDri website.)

 

Streamflow
The maps below come from USGS WaterWatch. Additional information is available from the MN DNR (link)
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Drought Information Statement
Drought Information Statements are issued when D2/Severe Drought or worse is present. (Check date on statement below.) For other drought statements from other offices, visit drought.gov.
    
                        
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Drought Information Statement
National Weather Service Duluth MN
400 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024

For the latest Drought Information Statement from the National
Weather Service in Duluth MN, see:
www.weather.gov/media/dlh/DGT/DGT_DLH_05302024.pdf

For the latest accessible, text-only Drought Information
Statement from the National Weather Service in Duluth MN, see:
www.weather.gov/media/dlh/DGT/DGT_DLH_05302024.txt

National Weather Service Duluth MN Drought Information Statement
web page: www.weather.gov/dlh/DroughtInformationStatement

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