WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE EASTERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 56 OF THE 2023 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 23 MAR 2024 SOIL PCT MONTH PRELIM-P PRECIP MOISTURE FIELD CHANGE MOIST FINAL -F NEEDED UPPER LOWER CAP. POT RUN CROP FROM ANOM PALMER TO END TEMP PCPN LAYER LAYER END EVAP OFF MOIST PREV (Z) DROUGHT DROUGHT ST CD CLIMATE DIVISION (F) (IN) (IN) (IN) WEEK (IN) (IN) INDEX WEEK INDEX INDEX (IN) CT 1 NORTHWEST 34.7 2.58 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 2.31 3.62 1.43 6.16 7.37 F CT 2 CENTRAL 38.4 2.70 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.11 2.38 3.80 1.38 6.56 6.59 F CT 3 COASTAL 41.4 2.83 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 2.60 3.93 1.40 7.22 5.73 F DE 1 NORTHERN 44.2 2.54 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.19 1.95 3.09 1.58 3.64 5.32 F DE 2 SOUTHERN 46.2 1.36 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 0.79 1.89 0.37 2.24 3.71 P ME 1 NORTHERN 26.2 2.23 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 2.23 3.04 1.44 3.70 3.19 P ME 2 SOUTHERN INTERIOR 31.4 2.72 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 2.72 4.09 1.37 5.65 5.49 F ME 3 COASTAL 33.1 2.96 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.03 2.93 4.41 1.46 6.49 4.86 F MD 1 SOUTHEASTERN SHORE 47.3 1.13 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.23 0.62 2.01 -0.23 3.72 2.04 P MD 2 CEN. EASTERN SHORE 47.9 1.87 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.24 1.27 2.30 0.92 2.47 3.78 P MD 3 LOWER SOUTHERN 46.9 2.20 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 1.66 2.48 1.44 2.27 2.87 F MD 4 UPPER SOUTHERN 45.6 1.77 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.21 1.21 2.07 1.02 1.87 2.89 P MD 5 NORTHEASTERN SHORE 46.0 1.69 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.21 1.11 1.98 0.94 1.34 2.69 P MD 6 NORTHERN CENTRAL 42.9 1.27 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 0.77 1.62 0.57 0.89 1.90 P MD 7 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 39.2 0.80 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.10 0.67 1.29 0.11 1.33 2.68 P MD 8 ALLEGHENY PLATEAU 36.7 0.43 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.10 0.33 1.15 -0.48 0.83 0.52 P MA 1 WESTERN 31.3 2.67 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 2.62 3.61 1.74 5.93 5.87 F MA 2 CENTRAL 36.2 2.53 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.06 2.37 3.46 1.47 6.07 7.02 F MA 3 COASTAL 39.0 2.25 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.13 1.99 3.18 1.08 5.66 5.34 F NH 1 NORTHERN 28.2 2.09 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 2.09 3.21 0.99 5.02 3.46 F NH 2 SOUTHERN 32.6 2.35 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.01 2.34 3.48 1.22 5.81 5.81 F NJ 1 NORTHERN 38.6 2.73 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.10 2.37 3.62 1.65 5.42 5.66 F NJ 2 SOUTHERN 43.6 2.68 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.18 2.13 3.35 1.62 4.48 3.70 F NJ 3 COASTAL 42.9 2.16 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 1.90 3.06 0.94 5.21 4.44 F NY 1 WESTERN PLATEAU 28.8 0.59 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.59 0.91 0.09 0.99 1.00 P NY 2 EASTERN PLATEAU 31.0 1.60 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.60 2.38 0.83 4.50 5.05 F NY 3 NORTHERN PLATEAU 26.4 1.03 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.03 1.91 0.15 2.65 3.21 F NY 4 COASTAL 42.1 2.58 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.16 2.35 3.56 1.28 6.13 5.13 F NY 5 HUDSON VALLEY 34.5 2.39 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 2.35 3.34 1.39 6.66 6.54 F NY 6 MOHAWK VALLEY 28.2 1.36 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.36 2.37 0.35 4.32 4.39 F NY 7 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY 30.1 0.78 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.78 1.61 -0.04 2.86 5.20 F NY 8 ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY 26.7 0.37 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.37 0.65 -0.14 0.20 -0.26 P NY 9 GREAT LAKES 35.0 0.67 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 0.62 1.29 -0.05 1.92 3.54 P NY 10 CENTRAL LAKES 29.1 0.74 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.74 1.28 0.21 2.10 4.34 F NC 1 SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS 48.1 0.92 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.27 0.65 1.56 -0.28 0.82 1.18 P NC 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 47.0 1.27 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.28 0.78 1.60 0.35 0.62 1.59 P NC 3 NORTHERN PIEDMONT 52.1 0.99 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.30 0.44 1.21 0.15 0.64 1.87 P NC 4 CENTRAL PIEDMONT 52.3 0.89 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.30 0.48 0.99 0.09 0.09 0.94 P NC 5 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 53.8 0.83 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.32 0.51 1.00 0.01 0.30 0.75 P NC 6 SO. COASTAL PLAINS 56.3 1.07 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.36 0.34 0.77 0.19 -0.63 -1.00 P 2.42 NC 7 CEN. COASTAL PLAINS 53.7 1.56 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.30 0.90 1.82 0.68 1.22 0.22 P NC 8 NO. COASTAL PLAINS 53.5 1.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.32 0.84 2.02 0.34 2.44 0.76 P OH 1 NORTHWEST 34.1 0.04 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.02 0.02 0.64 -0.61 0.28 -1.01 P 1.45 OH 2 NORTH CENTRAL 34.1 0.16 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.02 0.14 0.14 -0.33 -0.78 0.52 P OH 3 NORTHEAST 38.6 0.37 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.11 0.26 0.67 -0.23 0.33 0.19 P OH 4 WEST CENTRAL 35.8 0.08 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.05 0.03 0.45 -0.47 -0.09 -0.71 P 1.00 OH 5 CENTRAL 37.3 0.16 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.07 0.09 0.15 -0.41 -0.55 -0.50 P OH 6 CENTRAL HILLS 35.7 0.25 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.05 0.20 0.27 -0.30 -0.43 -0.46 P OH 7 NORTHEAST HILLS 35.7 0.36 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.05 0.31 0.32 -0.06 -0.88 -0.42 P OH 8 SOUTHWEST 37.4 0.06 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.06 0.00 0.39 -0.50 -0.60 -0.81 P 1.52 OH 9 SOUTH CENTRAL 40.4 0.05 0.94 8.00 99.4 0.11 0.00 0.17 -0.50 -0.97 -1.98 P 4.52 OH 10 SOUTHEAST 38.4 0.13 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.09 0.04 0.32 -0.45 -0.70 -0.54 P 0.76 PA 1 POCONO MOUNTAINS 33.6 1.71 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.03 1.54 2.56 0.82 4.78 5.61 F PA 2 EAST CENTRAL MTNS. 37.6 1.66 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 1.36 2.33 0.83 3.42 4.73 F PA 3 SE PIEDMONT 40.3 2.05 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.12 1.64 2.62 1.23 3.35 4.55 F PA 4 LOWER SUSQUEHANNA 40.2 1.17 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.12 0.86 1.64 0.47 1.57 2.64 P PA 5 MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA 35.5 0.81 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 0.62 1.43 0.11 2.60 4.23 P PA 6 UPPER SUSQUEHANNA 32.6 0.86 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.01 0.73 1.45 0.26 3.09 5.08 P PA 7 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS 33.5 0.47 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.02 0.45 1.10 -0.21 2.12 2.66 P PA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL MTNS. 37.0 0.55 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.08 0.47 1.21 -0.27 1.99 2.63 P PA 9 SOUTHWEST PLATEAU 35.4 0.39 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 0.34 1.03 -0.32 1.43 1.37 P PA 10 NORTHWEST PLATEAU 30.6 0.62 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.62 1.18 0.06 1.50 1.02 P RI 1 ALL 39.5 2.63 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.14 2.49 4.03 0.98 8.57 7.77 F SC 1 MOUNTAIN 51.3 1.31 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.34 0.97 2.25 -0.33 0.94 1.36 P SC 2 NORTHWEST 54.2 0.97 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.33 0.64 1.52 -0.27 1.21 1.13 P SC 3 NORTH CENTRAL 54.2 0.80 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.32 0.48 1.23 -0.26 1.53 1.85 P SC 4 NORTHEAST 57.4 0.59 0.94 5.00 99.0 0.38 0.00 0.80 -0.39 0.50 1.04 P SC 5 WEST CENTRAL 56.4 0.69 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.36 0.11 1.14 -0.48 0.73 1.19 P SC 6 CENTRAL 57.7 0.42 0.86 5.00 97.7 0.38 0.00 0.78 -0.69 0.91 2.27 P SC 7 SOUTHERN 59.9 0.80 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.42 0.00 1.25 -0.49 1.51 1.94 P VT 1 NORTHEASTERN 27.8 1.60 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.60 2.59 0.63 4.54 4.81 F VT 2 WESTERN 28.7 1.42 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.42 2.38 0.47 4.84 5.42 F VT 3 SOUTHEASTERN 32.4 2.28 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.01 2.27 3.20 1.34 4.57 4.68 F VA 1 TIDEWATER 49.2 1.40 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.25 0.79 2.01 0.26 3.41 2.61 P VA 2 EASTERN PIEDMONT 49.2 1.47 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.26 0.86 1.95 0.44 2.70 2.99 P VA 3 WESTERN PIEDMONT 48.5 1.20 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.25 0.69 1.42 0.45 0.89 2.00 P VA 4 NORTHERN 43.5 1.01 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 0.52 1.16 0.33 0.39 1.22 P VA 5 CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 43.9 0.72 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.19 0.26 0.58 0.03 -0.54 0.46 P VA 6 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 44.5 0.81 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.21 0.47 0.99 0.10 -0.23 0.10 P WV 1 NORTHWESTERN 41.1 0.23 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.13 0.10 0.63 -0.42 -0.19 0.38 P WV 2 NORTH CENTRAL 39.8 0.28 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 0.19 0.93 -0.56 0.65 0.58 P WV 3 SOUTHWESTERN 42.9 0.26 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 0.09 0.60 -0.42 -0.12 -0.34 P WV 4 CENTRAL 38.7 0.51 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.13 0.38 1.06 -0.29 0.16 -0.67 P 1.26 WV 5 SOUTHERN 43.5 0.73 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.19 0.41 0.89 0.04 0.02 -0.24 P WV 6 NORTHEASTERN 38.6 0.67 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 0.58 1.01 0.08 1.02 2.82 P END OF DATA