Dry and getting drier -- Drought conditions persist in New York State
New York State and most of the Northeast has had below normal precipitation over the
last several months which is causing low streamflows and ground-water levels throughout
much of New York. The New York Disaster Preparedness Commission (DPC) declared a drought
warning for seven counties in the Susquehanna River Basin on June 23rd.
In addition, the DPC issued a drought watch for 18 counties in the upper Hudson and
Mohawk River basins. (See the
DPC News Release).
For more information on current streamflow and groundwater conditions see the U.S.
Geological Survey
Near-Real-Time Surface-Water Data,
Current Conditions Map,
and End-of-Month Reports.
Contact name: Gary Firda
email: gfirda@usgs.gov
phone: 518-285-5671
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer: New York District URL: http://ny.water.usgs.gov/projects/news/drought99a.html
Last update: 13:21:04 Thursday 02 January 2003
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