National Integrated Drought Information System Minnesota 2000 to 2024

Drought.gov
National Integrated Drought Information System
By Location | States
2000-2024
Minnesota State
Dakota County
Rice County
Scott County
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Drought in the Midwest
Drought and its impacts vary from region to
region—due to differences in climate.
Precipitation extremes in the Midwest have a
major impact on the region’s resources, economic
sectors, and residents.
Over the last century, precipitation trends in the Midwest have been moving towards wetter conditions and fewer droughts than the region experienced in the early 20th century. However, the Midwest has still felt adverse impacts during recent droughts, particularly in 1988 and 2012.

These adverse impacts include limited barge transportation on
major rivers, decreased agricultural production, challenges for municipal water supply and quality, and reduced productivity for hydropower. In 2022
and 2023, drought conditions across portions of the Mississippi River Basin caused river levels to drastically lower, which had a significant impact
on the transportation of goods along the river.

An added challenge in recent years has been the tendency to transition from drought to flood and back to drought within short time spans, sometimes within a matter of months, as well as flash drought, which is a drought that intensifies rapidly.

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