We are responsible for monitoring water supply and drought conditions and taking action when drought conditions exist or are anticipated. Governor Jay Inslee has the authority to declare a region or the entire state as a drought emergency area when the state designated drought criteria are met. Following a milder drought in the Southeastern United States the year before, this drought spread from the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, Northern Great Plains and Western United States. P.O. Communications Manager Email drought@agr.wa.gov with any questions. “We’re working hard to help farmers, communities and fish survive this drought,” Bellon said. Current map of Washington's SNOTEL: Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) % of Normal, Washington State Department of Agriculture 360-407-6627 Seasonal averages are shown for each state as well. WSDA can also help those in need of assistance find possible resources for relief. *: Focus on: Drought 2019 (English) / Sequía 2019 (español), Read the Office of Washington State Climatologist Climate Outlook, Concerned about drought? Last year, Washington experienced the largest wildfire in the state’s history, which burned an area 4.5 times the size of Seattle. jeff.marti@ecy.wa.gov In 2015, a major driver of the drought was the abnormally low snowpack across the state. All offices remain closed to walk-in service due to COVID-19. 1111 Washington ST SE Were you able to find what you were looking for today? Jeff Marti The information on this page is being maintained as an archive of 2019 Drought activities. Sectors that rely heavily on melting snowpack, like agriculture and wildlife, are expected to be hit hardest by the drought, with the Washington Department of Agriculture anticipating $1.2 billion in crop losses this year. Drought conditions can result from lack of precipitation, soil moisture anomalies, changes in precipitation patterns, and high temperatures that cause our winter precipitation to fall as rain rather than snow. Reduced snowpack resulted in less runoff to feed our rivers and lakes, causing hardship to many water users throughout the state, including agricultural producers. Cities like Seattle or Tacoma, which rely largely on rain-based reservoirs, aren’t expected to bear the brunt of the drought. Safeguarding fish and boosting stream flows. Chaired by Ecology, the WSAC consists primarily of representatives from federal agencies involved in monitoring, forecasting, or managing state water supplies. Last year, Washington experienced the largest wildfire in the state’s history, which burned an area 4.5 times the size of Seattle. Areas like the Olympic Mountains and the Cascades, which are usually some of the wettest areas of the state, are especially dry this year, providing wildfires with fuel necessary to turn a routine burn into a blaze. Generally, these funds are not available to assist growers with crop or livestock losses. State officials are hoping to minimize agricultural losses with a kind of triage, according to the New York Times, diverting water to high-value crops like cherries or wine-grapes while allowing certain seasonal crops to go fallow. keeley.belva@ecy.wa.gov Statewide, snowpack levels are currently 16 percent of normal, ten percent lower than the last time a statewide drought emergency was declared in 2005. The USDA Farm Services Agency has several fact sheets on drought-related assistance programs, including: Copyright ©2020 Washington State Department of Agriculture. The crop loss must be documented and reported to your local USDA service center for this to take place. Unlike California’s current drought — brought on by a combination of heat and lack of precipitation — both Washington and Oregon’s droughts have been called “wet droughts,” characterized by normal precipitation but above-average temperatures that cause winter snow to fall as rain instead. And we’re watching what little snow we have quickly disappear.”. ALERT: All Ecology business operations are closed for furlough on Oct. 30. WSDA does not have any independent funding for drought relief, but will share information regarding agricultural-related problems and concerns with decision makers. “We’re really starting to feel the pain from this snowpack drought. Drought response efforts include: If you’d like a reply, please provide an email address. Bryant Bannister Tree-Ring Building, 1215 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ 85721-0045, USA office@ltrr.arizona.edu 520-621-1608 The most intense period of drought occurred the week of August 25, 2015 where D3 affected 84.64% of Washington land. For more information on those programs , see below. “There’s a lot of heavy fuel out [on the Olympic Peninsula],” Peter Goldmark, Washington’s commissioner of public lands, told the Seattle Times. We project water supplies by working with state and federal agencies to evaluate seasonal weather forecasts. Maintained by Center for American Progress - Action Fund. Even before the drought emergency was declared, forecasters predicted that below-average precipitation might translate into an especially difficult wildfire season throughout much of the Northwest. The drought is also expected to contribute to a particularly volatile wildfire season, as wildfire managers expect the season to begin earlier and at higher elevations than normal. Seven counties in Oregon are already under a governor-declared drought emergency, with eight more already submitted to Gov. The authors evaluate how a DMS for Washington State, b “The stream flows are going to be low, and barring a miracle, that landscape’s going to be bone dry.”. Olympia, WA 98504-2560, Regular business hours:

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