Pennsylvania Drought Status

DEP Newsreleases:

• DEP Removes 26 Counties from Drought Watch::September 5, 2007
• DEP Declares Drought Watch In 58 Counties::August 6, 2007
• Pennsylvania's Drought Officially Ends as Seven Western Counties are Upgraded to Normal Status (6/18/2003)
• Six Southcentral and Southeastern Counties Upgraded From Drought Watch to Normal (1/8/2003)
• Gov. Schweiker Lifts Drought Emergency in Final Three Counties (12/19/2002)
• Gov. Schweiker Lifts Drought Emergency in 16 Counties (11/7/2002)
• Gov. Schweiker Adds Five Counties to Drought Emergency (9/5/2002)
• Gov. Schweiker Extends Drought Emergency Declaration, Expands Drought Watch to Seven Counties (8/9/2002)
• Gov. Schweiker Lifts Drought Emergency in six Counties, Returns 14 Counties to Normal Status (6/14/2002)
• Gov. Schweiker Extends Drought Emergency in 20 PA Counties (5/7/2002)
• Gov. Schweiker Declares Drought Emergency for 24 PA Counties (2/12/02)
• Drought Expanded to Include 62 of 67 PA Counties (12/5/01)
• Drought Warning Issued for 9 Counties in Southcentral PA; 10 Counties in Eastern PA Added to Drought watch List (11/6/01)
• Drought Watch Expanded to include 22 additional counties. (8/24/01)
• Drought Watch issued for 23 Central Pennsylvania counties. (8/8/01)

Pennsylvania DEP Drought Information Center