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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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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
404 PM CDT Thu Sep 21 2023

...DROUGHT CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHLAND...

For the latest information, please see the latest Drought
Information Statement, now presented in a slideshow format that
can be viewed at
https://www.weather.gov/dlh/DroughtInformationStatement.

.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE:

This product will be updated Thursday, October 5 or sooner if
drought conditions change significantly.

.RELATED WEB SITES:

Additional information on current drought conditions may be found
at the following web addresses:
US Drought Monitor: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu
US Drought Information System: https://www.drought.gov
NOAA Drought Page: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought
Midwest Regional Climate Center: https://mrcc.illinois.edu
Minnesota State Climate Office:
https://climateapps.dnr.state.mn.us/

Additional water and river information:
NWS: https://water.weather.gov
OWP: https://water.noaa.gov
US Geological Survey (USGS): https://water.usgs.gov
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE): https://www.usace.army.mil

.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

The Drought Monitor is a multi-agency effort involving the
National Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental
Information, the USDA, state and regional center climatologists
and the National Drought Mitigation Center. Information for this
statement has been gathered from NWS and FAA observation sites,
state cooperative extension services, the USDA, USACE and USGS.

.CONTACT INFORMATION:

If you have questions or comments about this Drought Information
Statement, please contact:

National Weather Service
5027 Miller Trunk Highway
Duluth MN 55811
Phone...218-729-6697
nws.duluth@noaa.gov

$$

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