The weather pattern through this mid-summer period continued to favor a strong ridge of hot high pressure over the western United States, and directed most storm systems well away from northeast Montana locations. Drought conditions showed very little or no improvement through the month of July.

Drought in LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions (D2-Severe) were in the Little Rockies to start the month. During week two, a sliver of (D3-Extreme) moved into northern and west central Little Rockies with (D2-Severe) remaining elsewhere.  On the last week of July most of the Little Rockies worsened into (D3-Extreme) conditions, the exception being the far western corner which remained in (D2-Severe) conditions.

Drought in SHERIDAN, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions (D3-Extreme) in Sheridan County improved slightly to D2-Severe in the second week of July for most of the county, with the exception of the extreme southwest portion of Sheridan County which remained in D3-Extreme drought.  These conditions then continued through the remainder of the month of July.

Drought in DANIELS, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

To start the month of July, ongoing drought conditions (D3-Extreme) were across the eastern two thirds and the far northwest corner of Daniels County, and the western third of the county was in D2-Severe drought.  In the second week, for the eastern portions, D3-Extreme drought retreated to south-central and southeastern portions of the county.  These conditions then continued through the rest of the month.

Drought in EASTERN ROOSEVELT, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

To start the month of July, ongoing drought conditions (D3-Extreme) were in place across all of Eastern Roosevelt County.  In the second week, the far eastern portion near the state line improved to D2-Severe.  In the third week, the far southeastern portion returned to D3-Extreme drought.  These conditions then continued through the end of the month.

Drought in RICHLAND, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions (D2-Severe) were in the western half and the far southeastern corner of Richland County, with D3-Extreme drought elsewhere.  These conditions lasted through all of July.

Drought in NORTHERN PHILLIPS, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions started July as (D2-Severe) in the western third of Northern Phillips County, and (D3-Extreme) drought in the eastern two thirds of Northern Phillips County.  During the second week of July these conditions worsened to (D3-Extreme) for all but the extreme northwest corner of Northern Phillips county which remained in (D2-Severe).  Conditions remained this way through the end of July.

Drought in CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

To start the month of July, ongoing drought conditions (D3-Extreme) were across most of Central and Southern Valley County with (D2-Severe) in the far eastern portion. By the third week, the western third of Central and Southern Valley County had worsened to (D4-Exceptional Drought) with the middle third remaining in (D3-Extreme) conditions and the eastern third remaining in (D2-Severe) conditions through the end of the month.

Drought in GARFIELD, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions to start July were in (D3-Extreme) across all but the southeastern corner of Garfield County which was in (D2-Severe).  On the third week of July conditions across the northwestern corner worsened to (D4-Exceptional) with (D3-Extreme) remaining across most of central and southwestern Garfield County and (D2-Severe) remaining in the southeastern corner through the end of the month.

Drought in CENTRAL AND SE PHILLIPS, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions (D3-Extreme) were in the eastern and southern sections of Central and Southeast Phillips County with D2-Severe over western and northwestern sections.  During the second week of July (D3-Extreme) conditions pushed west with only the far southwestern tip of Central and Southeast Phillips County remaining in (D2-Severe) conditions.  During the third week of July eastern sections of Central and Southeast Phillips County worsened into (D4-Exceptional) conditions.  On the last week the far southwestern tip of Central and Southeast Phillips County worsened into (D3-Extreme) conditions.

Drought in PETROLEUM, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions started July with (D3-Extreme) drought across all of Petroleum County.  By week three, the central part of Petroleum County had worsened to (D4-Exceptional) drought with the northern and southern parts of Petroleum County remaining in (D3-Extreme) conditions through the rest of July.

Drought in DAWSON, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

To start out July, (D2-Severe) drought was located over the northwest third of the county and (D3-Extreme) drought was located in the southeastern two thirds of the county.  These conditions remained this way through the entire month of July with no changes.

Drought in WIBAUX, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

All but the extreme northeast corner of Wibaux County was in (D3-Extreme) drought conditions with the extreme northeast corner being in (D2-Severe) drought.  These conditions remained unchanged throughout the whole month of July.

Drought in PRAIRIE, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions (D3-Extreme) continued for the eastern three quarters of Prairie County with (D2-Severe) in the western quarter of the county. These conditions remained unchanged throughout the month of July.

Drought in WESTERN ROOSEVELT, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions (D3-Extreme) continued for the eastern two thirds of Western Roosevelt county and (D2-Severe) for the western third of Western Roosevelt County.  These conditions remained unchanged throughout the month of July.

Drought in MCCONE, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions for McCone County were (D2-Severe) for the majority of the county, the exception being the far northwestern and far southeastern corners where (D3-Extreme) was occurring.  These conditions remained unchanged throughout the month of July.

Drought in NORTHERN VALLEY, MONTANA
From 01-JUL-21 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-21 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions (D3-Extreme) occurred across most of Northern Valley County at the beginning of July, the exception being (D2-Severe) in the far southeast corner of Northern Valley County. These conditions remained unchanged throughout the month of July.