December brought an onslaught of wintry systems bringing much needed moisture throughout the region. Several records were broken for precipitation during the middle and end of the month. The whole region saw above normal precipitation with the exception of northwestern Koochiching County. The abundance of precipitation lead to a large improvement in the drought status for the region. By the end of the month, no part of the region remained in D3 Extreme Drought. The Arrowhead still remains in D2 Severe Drought as well as most of Koochiching and northern Itasca counties.

Drought in NORTHERN CASS, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 28-DEC-21 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across the far northern part of northern Cass County and D1 Moderate Drought across the remainder of northern Cass. Throughout the month the area received precipitation of 1.5 to 2.25 inches above the normal. However, the northern section only received 0.75 to 1.5 inches above normal.Despite this, the area of D2 Severe Drought was removed with the update on the 28th leaving a mix of D0 Abnormally Dry and D1 Moderate Drought across the area.

Drought in NORTHERN AITKIN, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 21-DEC-21 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought for areas east of the Mississippi River in northern Aitkin County with the remainder of the county being in D1 Moderate Drought. Throughout the month the northern part of the county received precipitation of 1.5 to 3.0 inches above the normal. This led to the removal of D2 Severe Drought with the update on the 21st leaving a mix of D0 Abnormally Dry and D1 Moderate Drought across the area.

Drought in NORTHERN COOK / NORTHERN LAKE, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 31-DEC-21 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D3 Extreme Drought across the northern portions of inland Lake and Cook counties with the remainder of th area in D2 Severe Drought. Throughout the month the area received precipitation of 0.75 to 2.25 inches above the normal. This led to the removal of D3 Extreme Drought and a slight reduction in the area of D2 Severe Drought in western Lake County with the update on the 21st. No further improvements were seen over the remainder of the month.

Drought in SOUTHERN LAKE, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 31-DEC-21 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across the eastern portions of the zone with the western half being at D1 Moderate Drought. Throughout the month the area received precipitation of 1.5 to 3.0 inches above the normal. This, however, had no impact on the drought status through the end of the month.

Drought in KOOCHICHING, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 31-DEC-21 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across the county. Throughout the month the eastern portions of the county received precipitation of 1.5 to 2.25 inches above the normal. This led to a slight improvement along the east to D1 Moderate Drought by the end of the month.

Drought in NORTHERN ST. LOUIS, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 31-DEC-21 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across the northern part of the county. Throughout the month the region received precipitation of 0.75 to 2.25 inches above the normal. This led to the removal of most of the D2 Severe Drought from the area with the update on the 21st, leaving only the far northwestern corner which was removed on the 28th, leaving D1 Moderate Drought for the northern part of St. Louis County.

Drought in SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS / CARLTON, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 21-DEC-21 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across much of southern St. Louis County and the far northwestern corner of Carlton County with either D1 Moderate Drought or D0 Abnormally Dry across the remainder of the area. Throughout the month the area received precipitation of 0.75 to 2.25 inches above the normal. This led to the removal of D2 Severe Drought across the area with the update on the 21st leaving D0 Abnormally Dry or D1 Moderate Drought conditions in place.

Drought in SOUTHERN COOK, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 31-DEC-21 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across the entirety of southern Cook County. Throughout the month the area received precipitation of 0.75 to 2.25 inches above the normal. However, no improvement to the drought status was realized through the month.

Drought in CENTRAL ST. LOUIS, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 21-DEC-21 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across most of central St. Louis County. Throughout the month the central portion of the county received precipitation of 1.5 to 3.0 inches above the normal. This led to the removal of D2 Severe Drought with the update on the 21st leaving D1 Moderate Drought across the region.

Drought in NORTHERN ITASCA, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 31-DEC-21 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across all of northern Itasca County. Throughout the month the majority of northern Itasca County received precipitation of 1.5 to 2.25 inches above normal, although the far northern portions of the county only received precipitation of 0.75-1.5 inches above normal. Most of the northern Itasca was upgraded to D1 Moderate Drought with the updated on the 21st and 28th, but the far northern portion still remains at D2 Severe Drought.

Drought in SOUTHERN ITASCA, MINNESOTA
From 01-DEC-21 00:00:00 to 28-DEC-21 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across areas along and north/east of the Mississippi River with D1 Moderate Drought south and west of the Mississippi. Throughout the month the southern portion of the county received precipitation of 1.5 to 3.0 inches above the normal. This led to the removal of D2 Severe Drought with the updates on the 21st and 28th leaving a mix of D0 Abnormally Dry and D1 Moderate Drought across the area.