Warm, dry October intensifies U.S. drought

(7 of 7) 2022 (January–October) contig U.S. precipitation total was 23.19 inches — 2.17 inches below avg — ranking 15th driest in the historical record. StateOfClimate

Aerial photo from October 2022 of low river levels around Tower Rock on the Mississippi River at Grand Tower, Illinois.Below-normal rainfall and above-average temperatures intensified drought conditions, broadening the geographic areas of drought across the U.S. in October 2022.

The average October temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 55.3 degrees F, 1.2 degrees above the 20th-century average, ranking in the warmest third in the climate record. The average precipitation was 1.66 inches — 0.50 of an inch below average — placing the month in the driest third of Octobers on record.

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