Drought - November 2011 Contents Of This Report: National
Drought Overview Detailed Drought Discussion November 2011 was
warmer and wetter than average (25th warmest and 37th wettest,
based on data back to 1895) when weather conditions are averaged
across the country. But this reflected regional extremes in both
monthly temperature and precipitation, as well as weekly
regional patterns of temperature anomalies (weeks 1, 2, 3, 4)
and precipitation anomalies (weeks 1, 2, 3, 4). Drought areas
contracted slightly in the parts of the Central Plains and Mid-
Mississippi Valley drought areas which received beneficial
precipitation, but the precipitation had little effect on
deficits that have accumulated over the last 12 months in the
Plains and last 3 to 6 months in the Mid-Mississippi Valley.
Drier-than-normal weather during November expanded drought in
the Upper Mississippi Valley and Northern Plains, but the
drought areas remained the same or contracted slightly in the
Southeast and West. Rainfall over parts of H