Northeast Drought Summary
Cooler-than-normal temperatures dominated the region. Temperatures for the week were coolest along the northern portions of New York into Maine, where temperatures were 4-5 degrees below normal. Pennsylvania had the warmest temperatures, with departures of 1-2 degrees above normal. The dryness in the region has allowed for drought expansion this week with a new area of moderate drought in western New York and a new area of severe drought in eastern Massachusetts. Abnormally dry conditions were expanded over much of northern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey and into southeastern New York. Moderate drought was expanded in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Abnormally dry conditions were adjusted in southern New Jersey and a new pocket of abnormally dry conditions was added to southern Delaware. Most of the dryness was short-term in nature, but there were immediate declines to river and streamflow levels throughout the region.