NCDC: Climate of 2002 - June - Southeast Region Drought

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Climate of 2002 - June
Southeast Region Drought

National Climatic Data Center, 15 July 2002

June marked the ninth consecutive month with slightly to much below normal precipitation averaged across the Southeast region. Even though this month ranked as only the 54th driest June regionwide (see table below), parts of the region were extremely dry. In general, the Southeast has experienced unusually dry conditions every year since 1998.

Precipitation Ranks for the
Southeast Region , 2001-2002
Period	Rank
Jun	54^th driest
May-Jun	38^th driest
Apr-Jun	18^th driest
Mar-Jun	23^rd driest
Feb-Jun	16^th driest
Jan-Jun	23^rd driest
Dec-Jun	14^th driest
Nov-Jun	9^th driest
Oct-Jun	6^th driest
Sep-Jun	8^th driest
Aug-Jun	7^th driest
Jul-Jun	10^th driest

Southeast Region precipitation departures, January 1998 - present

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Southeast Region Palmer Z Index, January 1998 - present

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Southeast Region precipitation, October-June 1895-2002

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Southeast Region Palmer Hydrological Drought Index, January 1900 - June 2002

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