Below average rainfall in August allowed drought conditions to persist or intensify in northeast Montana.

Drought in NORTHERN PHILLIPS, MONTANA
From 01-SEP-23 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-23 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions in the southern half of Northern Phillips County remained in D2-Severe, while the northern half of the county was in D1-Moderate drought. These conditions continued through the end of September.

Drought in CENTRAL AND SE PHILLIPS, MONTANA
From 01-SEP-23 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-23 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions continued across the northern two thirds of central and southeast Phillips County which remained in D2-Severe conditions, while the southern one third remained in D1-Moderate drought. On the last week of September, the southern one quarter of central and southeast Phillips County improved to D0-Abrnormally Dry conditions, while the northern two thirds of the county remained in D2-Severe conditions while and a strip in between those areas remained in D1-Moderate drought.

Drought in NORTHERN VALLEY, MONTANA
From 01-SEP-23 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-23 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing D2-Severe drought conditions continued across the southwestern one quarter of northern Valley County, while the northeastern three quarters remained in D1-Moderate
drought. These conditions remained the same through the end of September.

Drought in CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY, MONTANA
From 01-SEP-23 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-23 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

In Valley County, all but the northeastern corner and the southwestern corner of central and southern Valley County were in D2-Severe drought conditions. The northeastern and southeastern corners of the county were in D1-Moderate drought. These conditions would remain the same through the end of September.

Drought in WESTERN ROOSEVELT, MONTANA
From 01-SEP-23 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-23 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing drought conditions continued across the far southwestern corner of western Roosevelt County which remained in D2-Severe drought, while the rest of the county remained in D1-Moderate drought. These conditions would remain the same through the end of September.

Drought in GARFIELD, MONTANA
From 01-SEP-23 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-23 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing D2-Severe drought conditions continued across the far northeastern one quarter of Garfield County, while the far northern portions of Garfield County bordering Fort Peck Lake remained in D1-Moderate drought. The remaining portion of the northern third of Garfield County remained in D0-Abnormally Dry conditions. The southern two thirds of Garfield County was given no drought classification at all.
During the last week of September, the area of no drought classification moved a bit
northward to along the southern shores of Fort Peck Lake of northwestern Garfield County.

Drought in MCCONE, MONTANA
From 01-SEP-23 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-23 23:59:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ongoing D2-Severe drought conditions continued across the northwestern corner of McCone County, while the remainder of the northern third of the county was in D1-Moderate drought. The middle one third of McCone County was in D0-Abnormally Dry conditions. These conditions would remain the same through the end of September.