What is 1983–85 North American drought?
A severe and very intense [[drought]] developed across [[North America]] during mid-spring 1983. It had several strong [[heat wave]]s across large sections of the [[United States]] and southern [[Canada]]. The intense heat spells and conditions of drought lasted until Autumn 1985.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Outside of NYC, Drought is Fading|journal=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/10/us/outside-new-york-city-the-drought-is-fading.html?auth=login-google1tap&login=google1tap|access-date=May 12, 2022}}</ref> Several places (the [[Quad Cities]], [[St. Louis]], [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] and [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]] being some of them) recorded their [[heat|all time highest temperature]] in these areas. ==Summary== The North American Drought of 1983–85 might have begun in April 1983. Dry conditions severely affected a number of states across the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] and the [[Great Plains]]. Many states also experienced a [[heat wave]] in the summer months of the first drought year. [[Temperature]]s were {{convert|100|F|C}} or higher in multiple areas.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} Later in 1983 and the two following years, dry conditions began affecting south-central [[Canada]] as well, particularly [[Alberta]], [[Manitoba]] and [[Saskatchewan]]. The drought may have been caused under a weak-to-moderate [[La Niña]]. That spell may have developed during the mid-spring of 1983.<ref>{{cite journal|title=A 1983-84 La Niña Animation|journal=The Physical Sciences Laboratory|date=January 2010 |url=https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/232|access-date=May 12, 2022|last1=Xeflide |first1=Seth }}</ref> ==Midwestern States== Almost all the counties in the State of [[Indiana]]<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Drought Disaster Declared by U.S.|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/03/us/drought-disaster-declared-by-us.html|access-date=2009-04-13|date=1983-09-03|first=Andrew H.|last=Malcolm}}</ref> and large sections in [[Illinois]]<ref>{{cite web|title=