Counties with the worst droughts in Minnesota
Stacker
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- Abnormally dry: 35.9%
- Area in drought: 53.1% (#17 nationally)
--- Moderate drought: 45.7%
--- Severe drought: 7.5%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 53.1% (#17 nationally)
--- Moderate drought: 45.7%
--- Severe drought: 7.5%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Minnesota statistics
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- Abnormally dry: 0.4%
- Area in drought: 99.6%
--- Moderate drought: 44.8%
--- Severe drought: 54.8%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 99.6%
--- Moderate drought: 44.8%
--- Severe drought: 54.8%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Saint Louis County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Wilkin County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Traverse County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Rock County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Pipestone County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Norman County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Nobles County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Mower County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Mahnomen County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Lincoln County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Lac qui Parle County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Freeborn County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Fillmore County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Faribault County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Clay County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Carlton County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 100.0%
--- Severe drought: 0.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Big Stone County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 82.2%
--- Severe drought: 17.8%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 82.2%
--- Severe drought: 17.8%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Clearwater County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 80.7%
--- Severe drought: 19.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 80.7%
--- Severe drought: 19.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Becker County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 57.1%
--- Severe drought: 42.9%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 57.1%
--- Severe drought: 42.9%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Lake County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 46.3%
--- Severe drought: 53.7%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 46.3%
--- Severe drought: 53.7%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Cook County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 33.6%
--- Severe drought: 66.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 33.6%
--- Severe drought: 66.4%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Cass County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 30.7%
--- Severe drought: 69.3%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 30.7%
--- Severe drought: 69.3%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Itasca County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 16.1%
--- Severe drought: 83.9%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 16.1%
--- Severe drought: 83.9%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
Wadena County
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- Abnormally dry: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
- Area in drought: 100.0%
--- Moderate drought: 0.0%
--- Severe drought: 100.0%
--- Extreme drought: 0.0%
--- Exceptional drought: 0.0%
This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 49 states.
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