October 18 US Drought Monitor report showing nearly the entire state in some level of drought, with the worst conditions centered around the Finger Lakes region.
The 2016 New York Drought was by some measures the worst drought to affect Western New York and parts of the Finger Lakes Region and Southern Tier on record.[1] By the middle of July, the percent of the state by area that was in a D-2 (Severe Drought) according to the United States Drought Monitor was 23.01%, the greatest amount since the weekly reports began in 2000. Nearly 90% of the state was classified as "Abnormally Dry" or "Moderate Drought". For reference, none of the state has ever been placed in D-4 (Exceptional Drought) since the year 2000.[2] Furthermore, The Buffalo News reported on July 22 that it had become the worst drought in the Buffalo area since their main weather station opened in 1943.[3] There was a longer term dry period through the 1960s in New York with greater duration but less intensity.
By July the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) had placed the entire state in a "drought watch". While the drought is not nearly as severe as other droughts that take place in the west and midwestern United States in terms of duration and crop loss, droughts of this magnitude are rare in the humid temperate climate of Upstate New York. The drought began with a winter that in many areas in the northeast set a record warm December through February,[4] leading to a weak spring meltoff.[5]
^Sweet, Shannan (December 2017). "Anatomy of the 2016 drought in the Northeastern United States: Implications for agriculture and water resources in humid climates". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 247: 571–581. Bibcode:2017AgFM..247..571S. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.08.024.
^Orr, Steve; Silvarole, Georgie (July 21, 2016). "Severe drought widens in upstate New York". Democrat & Chronicle. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
^Cresonia Hsieh (July 22, 2016). "Worst drought since 1943 plagues Western New York". Buffalo News. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
^Vagell, Quincy; Erdman, Jon (March 1, 2016). "Record Warm Winter for Many in New England; Record Wet in South Florida, Seattle". The Weather Channel. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^"Western New Yorkers battle once-in-a-generation drought". The Buffalo News. August 8, 2016. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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