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ADVENTURES IN DROUGHT. Glen Conner Kentucky State Climatologist Emeritus Eleventh Biennial U.S. Drought Monitor Forum 18 September 2019. Historic Droughts. 1831 May to September 1838 Driest year before 1930 1854 July to late fall
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ADVENTURES IN DROUGHT Glen Conner Kentucky State Climatologist Emeritus Eleventh Biennial U.S. Drought Monitor Forum 18 September 2019
Historic Droughts • 1831 May to September • 1838 Driest year before 1930 • 1854 July to late fall • 1881 Summer heat Louisville 105˚, Bowling Green 110˚ • 1894 July through summer, 15,000 acres of corn killed • 1901 Late June - July, Paducah 33 Consecutive Days >100, Bowling Green 109˚ • 1904 July through November, Reservoirs very low
Drought of 1980 • Began in late summer • $375 million agriculture losses • Forest fires burned 26,000 acres
Kentucky Drought Monitoring Task ForceDecember 1987 • Army Corps of Engineers, • Reservoir Control Center • City of Bardstown • Kentucky Dept Military Affairs • Disaster and Emergency Services • Kentucky Division of Water • Drinking Water • Water Quantity • Water Quality Management • Water Resources • Water Use and Availability • Kentucky State Climatologist • National Weather Service • Ohio River Basin Commission • University of Kentucky • Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute • Agriculture Weather Center • U.S. Geological Survey • Ground Water • Stream Flow • TVA Water Management Program
ADVENTURES IN DROUGHT Glen Conner Kentucky State Climatologist Emeritus Eleventh Biennial U.S. Drought Monitor Forum 18 September 2019