WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE EASTERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 31 OF THE 2008 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 4 OCT 2008 SOIL PCT MONTH PRELIM-P PRECIP MOISTURE FIELD CHANGE MOIST FINAL -F NEEDED UPPER LOWER CAP. POT RUN CROP FROM ANOM PALMER TO END TEMP PCPN LAYER LAYER END EVAP OFF MOIST PREV (Z) DROUGHT DROUGHT ST CD CLIMATE DIVISION (F) (IN) (IN) (IN) WEEK (IN) (IN) INDEX WEEK INDEX INDEX (IN) CT 1 NORTHWEST 57.9 0.55 0.94 5.00 99.0 0.61 0.00 1.18 -0.93 1.63 5.13 P CT 2 CENTRAL 60.2 1.15 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.64 0.51 2.07 -0.72 2.59 4.27 F CT 3 COASTAL 59.6 0.59 0.97 5.00 99.5 0.62 0.00 1.44 -1.01 2.19 2.49 P DE 1 NORTHERN 62.6 0.62 0.21 2.29 41.6 0.65 0.00 0.09 0.00 -0.10 -0.65 P 1.04 DE 2 SOUTHERN 62.9 0.31 0.66 0.98 27.4 0.65 0.00 -0.40 0.08 -0.48 -2.40 P 6.03 ME 1 NORTHERN 52.2 1.69 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.52 0.87 1.73 0.67 2.31 4.09 F ME 2 SOUTHERN INTERIOR 54.4 1.87 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.53 1.34 2.45 0.37 3.19 4.55 F ME 3 COASTAL 54.8 1.60 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 1.03 2.55 -0.26 3.50 4.79 F MD 1 SOUTHEASTERN SHORE 63.7 0.19 0.53 2.33 47.7 0.66 0.00 -0.28 -0.08 -0.06 -0.98 P 1.88 MD 2 CEN. EASTERN SHORE 63.7 0.37 0.71 1.39 35.0 0.66 0.00 -0.30 -0.04 -0.34 -1.60 P 3.72 MD 3 LOWER SOUTHERN 63.7 0.36 0.70 2.05 45.8 0.66 0.00 -0.10 -0.19 -0.59 -0.31 P MD 4 UPPER SOUTHERN 63.8 0.92 1.00 2.94 65.7 0.68 0.00 0.45 -0.10 0.62 0.36 P MD 5 NORTHEASTERN SHORE 63.3 0.50 0.76 1.34 35.0 0.66 0.00 0.09 -0.22 0.24 -0.82 P 1.45 MD 6 NORTHERN CENTRAL 61.9 0.54 0.90 3.92 80.3 0.64 0.00 0.82 -0.49 1.23 1.04 P MD 7 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 59.5 0.41 0.83 3.27 68.3 0.58 0.00 0.44 -0.48 1.21 2.58 P MD 8 ALLEGHENY PLATEAU 55.6 0.16 0.28 4.00 71.3 0.55 0.00 0.08 -0.30 0.27 0.97 P MA 1 WESTERN 55.8 0.71 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 0.14 0.94 -0.54 1.16 5.55 P MA 2 CENTRAL 59.0 0.76 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.61 0.15 1.79 -1.06 2.68 5.81 F MA 3 COASTAL 60.2 0.77 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.65 0.12 2.41 -1.54 4.00 3.83 F NH 1 NORTHERN 52.8 1.18 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.54 0.60 0.92 0.14 0.72 4.14 P NH 2 SOUTHERN 56.1 0.78 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 0.21 1.42 -0.78 2.14 5.63 F NJ 1 NORTHERN 59.2 1.15 1.00 4.67 94.4 0.59 0.00 0.87 0.05 1.20 0.21 P NJ 2 SOUTHERN 62.1 0.88 0.87 1.87 45.7 0.65 0.00 0.16 -0.04 0.11 -1.14 P 2.53 NJ 3 COASTAL 64.1 0.80 1.00 2.10 51.7 0.71 0.00 0.19 -0.35 0.91 -0.35 P NY 1 WESTERN PLATEAU 54.2 1.45 0.97 3.90 81.2 0.52 0.00 0.83 0.68 1.66 0.86 P NY 2 EASTERN PLATEAU 54.7 0.97 0.58 3.98 76.0 0.57 0.00 0.40 0.19 0.62 1.64 P NY 3 NORTHERN PLATEAU 52.5 1.06 0.88 4.90 96.3 0.52 0.00 0.52 0.49 0.55 2.02 P NY 4 COASTAL 62.4 0.68 1.00 4.29 88.1 0.67 0.00 1.11 -0.60 1.85 1.73 F NY 5 HUDSON VALLEY 57.9 0.82 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.58 0.14 0.71 -0.29 1.52 4.69 F NY 6 MOHAWK VALLEY 54.1 0.78 0.46 4.41 81.1 0.51 0.00 0.27 0.21 0.11 1.12 P NY 7 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY 56.1 1.00 0.43 4.52 82.6 0.57 0.00 0.50 0.34 0.62 4.03 P NY 8 ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY 51.8 0.81 0.63 4.88 91.9 0.46 0.00 0.49 0.27 1.08 3.38 P NY 9 GREAT LAKES 53.8 1.36 0.87 2.06 48.8 0.49 0.00 0.42 0.38 1.50 1.17 P NY 10 CENTRAL LAKES 54.2 1.01 0.52 2.99 58.4 0.49 0.00 0.44 0.30 1.16 1.58 P NC 1 SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS 59.9 0.13 0.00 4.18 69.6 0.57 0.00 -0.33 -0.09 -1.06 -3.50 P 10.18 NC 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 58.9 0.10 0.52 5.00 92.0 0.58 0.00 0.59 -0.60 0.72 -2.43 P 7.41 NC 3 NORTHERN PIEDMONT 65.1 0.28 0.61 5.00 93.5 0.67 0.00 0.96 -0.52 1.13 1.46 P NC 4 CENTRAL PIEDMONT 65.2 0.51 0.84 5.00 97.4 0.67 0.00 0.90 -0.51 2.08 0.66 P NC 5 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 66.7 0.19 0.49 5.00 91.5 0.70 0.00 0.60 -0.45 1.51 -0.20 P NC 6 SO. COASTAL PLAINS 67.5 0.25 0.54 5.00 92.4 0.71 0.00 1.10 -0.89 0.56 0.97 P NC 7 CEN. COASTAL PLAINS 67.5 0.68 0.97 3.54 75.2 0.71 0.00 0.39 -0.44 0.49 -1.60 P 4.97 NC 8 NO. COASTAL PLAINS 66.8 0.36 0.42 1.69 35.2 0.71 0.00 0.00 -0.14 -0.90 -3.02 P 9.13 OH 1 NORTHWEST 56.7 0.37 0.00 4.23 47.0 0.52 0.00 -0.09 -0.01 1.55 0.98 P OH 2 NORTH CENTRAL 56.5 0.49 0.00 4.77 53.0 0.52 0.00 -0.17 0.11 1.85 1.54 P OH 3 NORTHEAST 55.7 1.20 0.69 5.08 72.1 0.51 0.00 0.48 0.55 1.70 2.49 P OH 4 WEST CENTRAL 58.3 0.17 0.00 2.64 33.1 0.56 0.00 -1.17 0.03 -1.22 -1.12 P 2.07 OH 5 CENTRAL 59.0 0.33 0.00 3.66 40.7 0.57 0.00 -0.83 0.18 -1.30 -1.26 P 2.30 OH 6 CENTRAL HILLS 57.2 0.49 0.00 3.71 46.4 0.55 0.00 -0.37 0.22 0.16 -1.03 P 1.76 OH 7 NORTHEAST HILLS 58.0 0.30 0.00 4.40 48.9 0.57 0.00 -0.36 -0.05 0.21 -1.41 P 2.69 OH 8 SOUTHWEST 59.6 0.24 0.00 2.17 27.1 0.57 0.00 -1.48 0.26 -1.90 -1.95 P 4.37 OH 9 SOUTH CENTRAL 60.0 0.19 0.00 3.32 36.9 0.57 0.00 -1.28 0.12 -2.19 -1.78 P 3.68 OH 10 SOUTHEAST 59.1 0.16 0.00 2.36 33.7 0.57 0.00 -1.23 0.04 -2.08 -1.45 P 2.84 PA 1 POCONO MOUNTAINS 54.3 1.32 1.00 3.99 83.2 0.51 0.00 0.70 0.19 1.63 0.32 P PA 2 EAST CENTRAL MTNS. 58.3 2.26 1.00 3.54 75.7 0.58 0.00 1.12 0.91 1.88 -0.54 P 0.79 PA 3 SE PIEDMONT 60.3 0.89 1.00 3.00 66.7 0.60 0.00 0.34 -0.08 1.11 0.63 P PA 4 LOWER SUSQUEHANNA 59.6 0.40 0.82 4.23 84.1 0.58 0.00 1.09 -0.58 2.47 2.24 P PA 5 MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA 56.1 0.81 1.00 3.56 76.0 0.51 0.00 0.91 -0.22 3.06 2.62 P PA 6 UPPER SUSQUEHANNA 53.9 0.80 1.00 3.31 71.9 0.51 0.00 0.38 -0.26 1.49 1.79 P PA 7 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS 56.2 0.64 0.41 2.15 42.7 0.56 0.00 0.06 0.05 0.82 -0.85 P 1.36 PA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL MTNS. 57.5 0.43 0.24 2.84 51.4 0.57 0.00 0.16 -0.05 1.56 0.60 P PA 9 SOUTHWEST PLATEAU 57.3 0.38 0.00 3.36 56.0 0.55 0.00 -0.08 -0.05 1.05 1.04 P PA 10 NORTHWEST PLATEAU 55.3 0.92 0.39 2.88 54.5 0.53 0.00 -0.02 0.38 -0.10 0.47 P RI 1 ALL 61.1 0.83 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.67 0.16 2.10 -1.32 3.58 3.05 F SC 1 MOUNTAIN 61.8 0.19 0.00 3.70 61.6 0.62 0.00 -0.70 -0.01 -1.84 -3.99 P 18.60 SC 2 NORTHWEST 65.8 0.23 0.00 2.17 36.1 0.67 0.00 -0.71 -0.19 -0.98 -4.34 P 13.93 SC 3 NORTH CENTRAL 67.4 0.49 0.78 2.93 61.8 0.71 0.00 0.32 -0.42 0.70 -1.43 P 3.46 SC 4 NORTHEAST 68.4 0.13 0.41 5.00 90.1 0.72 0.00 1.10 -0.78 1.30 1.84 P SC 5 WEST CENTRAL 68.2 0.32 0.00 0.40 6.7 0.73 0.00 -1.10 -0.19 -1.21 -4.01 F 12.35 SC 6 CENTRAL 68.8 0.46 0.52 2.04 42.6 0.73 0.00 0.26 -0.14 0.59 0.24 P SC 7 SOUTHERN 69.8 0.25 0.00 3.57 59.5 0.76 0.00 0.15 -0.12 -0.68 -0.44 P VT 1 NORTHEASTERN 53.1 1.32 0.80 4.47 87.8 0.52 0.00 0.67 0.66 0.22 4.54 P VT 2 WESTERN 55.7 1.11 0.56 4.94 91.6 0.55 0.00 0.59 0.47 0.47 4.20 P VT 3 SOUTHEASTERN 56.7 0.80 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.60 0.20 0.66 -0.32 1.00 3.18 F VA 1 TIDEWATER 65.1 0.61 0.93 2.50 57.1 0.68 0.00 0.31 -0.27 0.87 -0.89 P 1.66 VA 2 EASTERN PIEDMONT 64.2 0.28 0.61 4.87 91.4 0.67 0.00 0.84 -0.47 0.37 1.25 P VA 3 WESTERN PIEDMONT 62.4 0.10 0.49 4.46 82.5 0.61 0.00 0.56 -0.38 -0.01 -0.02 P VA 4 NORTHERN 61.1 0.32 0.71 3.70 73.5 0.61 0.00 0.41 -0.42 0.11 0.80 P VA 5 CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 58.6 0.06 0.51 2.81 55.4 0.55 0.00 0.15 -0.30 -0.18 -0.02 P VA 6 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 57.2 0.06 0.17 2.98 52.5 0.52 0.00 0.00 -0.23 -0.12 -2.01 P 4.06 WV 1 NORTHWESTERN 58.8 0.14 0.00 1.96 32.7 0.55 0.00 -0.98 -0.10 -1.61 -0.56 P 0.64 WV 2 NORTH CENTRAL 58.0 0.18 0.00 2.94 49.0 0.51 0.00 -0.38 -0.17 -0.75 0.06 P WV 3 SOUTHWESTERN 59.5 0.15 0.00 1.82 30.3 0.58 0.00 -1.21 -0.01 -2.00 -1.47 P 2.66 WV 4 CENTRAL 55.8 0.22 0.00 3.30 55.0 0.54 0.00 -0.40 -0.10 -1.87 -1.69 F 3.39 WV 5 SOUTHERN 57.5 0.10 0.00 2.46 41.0 0.53 0.00 -0.40 -0.10 -1.12 -0.86 F 1.19 WV 6 NORTHEASTERN 58.2 0.36 0.81 3.58 73.2 0.55 0.00 0.66 -0.46 1.33 2.83 P END OF DATA