Figure 44.5

North Carolina State University
Kenneth E. Kunkel

This figure appears in chapter 44 of the NOAA-led State Summaries 2019 report.

Time series of the Palmer Drought Severity Index from the year 1000 to 2018. Values for 1895–2018 (red) are based on measured temperature and precipitation. Values prior to 1895 (blue) are estimated from indirect measures such as tree rings. The thick black line is a running 20-year average. In the modern era, the wet periods of the early 1900s and the 1980s–1990s and the dry period of the 1950s are evident. The extended record indicates periodic occurrences of similarly prolonged wet and dry periods. Source: CICS-NC and NOAA NCEI.

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This figure replaces figure 44.5: Utah Palmer Drought Severity Index

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