Water Systems

Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI; explanation)

• Statewide and by Division:
  

  Northwest	North Central	Northeast
  West Central	Central	East Central
  Southwest	South Central	Southeast





• Latest National Palmer Drought Severity Map


• Maps and animations of current Palmer Drought Indices (including PDSI, Z-Index and PHDI) from NCDC


• NCDC Operational Weekly Drought Indices: Maps and Data for the Nation


• Archive of Palmer Drought Severity Index Maps by week (1998-present)
  

  1998

  1999

  2000

  2001

  2002

  2003

  2004

  2005

  2006

  2007



• Map of Additional Precipitation Needed to Bring PDSI to -0.5


• Palmer Drought Severity Forecast Map
• Wisconsin Statewide Drought Monitor - National Drought Mitigation Center
  

Recent Local Drought Information (from NWS)

• NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan (Southeastern and South central Wisconsin)
• NWS La Crosse (Southwest and West central Wisconsin)


• NWS Chanhassen (West central Wisconsin)


• NWS Duluth (Northwest Wisconsin)


• Other Offices available through the Hydrological Information Center

Statewide Precipitation

• 2010 Maps - Courtesy of Midwestern Regional Climate Center
  Precipitation (inches) - and departures from 1971-2000 Normals

  Month

  Jan

  Feb

  Mar

  Apr

  May

  Jun

  Jul

  Aug

  Sep

  Oct

  Nov

  Dec

  Ann

  Actual

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  Departure

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See archive of statewide monthly precipitation maps for previous years (2001-2009)
 

• Snow to Liquid Water Ratio Climatology  --  St. Louis University  
   
• Heavy precipitation Frequency
  • Precipitation Frequency Information and Publications for Wisconsin from NWS Precipitation Frequency Data Server
  • Technical Memorandum NWS Hydro 35, Five to 60-minutes Precipitation Frequency for Eastern and Central United States (1977).
  • Technical Paper 40, Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the United States for Durations from 30 minutes to 24 Hours and Return Periods from 1 to 100 Years (1961).
  • Technical Paper 49, Two-to-Ten-Day Precipitation for Return Periods of 2 to 100 Years in the Contiguous United States (1964)

  • Rainfall frequency graphics for Wisconsin
    (data from Rainfall Frequency Atlas for the Midwest, courtesy of Midwestern Regional Climate Center) (documentation)

  Northwest	North Central	Northeast
  West Central	Central	East Central
  Southwest	South Central	Southeast

  • Local Storm Reports for Flooding events in:
    Southeastern and south central Wisconsin
  
   from NWSFO Milwaukee Sullivan
  Southwestern and west central Wisconsin from NWSFO La Crosse

Statewide Evaporation

• Map of Annual Average Potential Evaporation  Courtesy of Midwestern Regional Climate Center (inches) - (from 1971-2000)

Regional Soil Moisture & Drought

• Wisconsin Drought Monitor - US Drought Monito
• rMidwest Daily Soil Moisture and Precipitation Update (from Midwest Regional Climate Center)
• Divisional Palmer Drought and Crop Moisture for Current Week in the NWS Central Region (from CPC) - Data are arranged alphabetically by state and climate division


• Archive of Palmer Drought Index for Central US:
  • last week
  • two weeks ago
  • three weeks ago


• US Statewide and Regional Moisture Status - NCDC


• Midwest Regional Drought Monitor - National Drought Mitigation Center
• Ground-Water Climate Response Network for Wisconsin from USGS
  

National Drought Information

• US Drought Monitor -National Drought Mitigation Center
  • Animations of Indicators Analyzed to Prepare the U.S. Drought Monitor Product
  • Archive of weekly US Drought Monitor summaries (maps and narrative) since 1999
  • Drought-Precipitation overlay map
  • Drought-Streamflow overlay map
  • Drought Impact Reporter - Interactive site with national, state and local drought impacts


• North American Drought Monitor


• Latest Crop Moisture Chart


• Map of Additional Precipitation Needed to Bring PDSI to -0.5


• Current Keetch-Byram Drought Index Map


• NOAA's Drought Information Center


• Current Drought Information from the NWS Hydrologic Information Center


• USGS's Drought Watch


• NOAA Paleoclimatology Reconstruction of Past Drought for the US (1700-1995)


• CPC Drought Monitoring: Indices and Diagnostics (from the North American Regional Reanalysis)


• USGS Drought Monitoring Dynamic Map Interface


• Experimental NLDAS Drought Monitor (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center North American Land Data Assimilation System)


• Drought Monitoring and Hydrologic Forecasting with VIC from Princeton University


• Weekly Snowpack/Drought Monitor Update - Natural Resources Conservation Service

National Soil Moisture Information

• Topsoil Moisture Monitoring - NOAA Climate Prediction Center


• US Soil Moisture Monitoring - NOAA Climate Prediction Center
• Evaporation
• Runoff


• Soil Moisture Animated Loop


• Soil Moisture Outlooks - NOAA Climate Prediction Center


• Experimental Surface Water Monitor for the Continental US - University of Washington


• US Statewide and Regional Moisture Status - NCDC
• Ground-Water Climate Response Network from USGS
  

National Precipitation

• Current Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) from NCDC


• US Precipitation Analyses - Climatic Prediction Center


• US Snow Cover Analyses - Climatic Prediction Center


• US Statewide and Regional Moisture Status from NCDC


• Recent US Regional Precipitation Ranks from NCDC (note that Wisconsin is in the East North Central Region)


• National Weather Service Precipitation Analysis
  • Daily Analyses - allows the user to generate images of accumulated precipitation across the continental US or any state or River Forecast Region covering an interval extending from the most recent 24 hours to the year (calendar or water year) to date
  • Experimental Hourly Analyses  ---- allows the user to generate images of accumulated precipitation across the continental US or any state or River Forecast Region covering hourly intervals  extending over the last 72 hours.
• Current and Anticipated Precipitation Anomalies from Climatic Data Center


• Percent of Long-term Average Precipitation (1-60 months) from North American Drought Monitor


• National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network (NADP/NTN) - sites in Wisconsin


• National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC)
  • National Snow Analyses and Animations
  • National Interactive Snow Information


• U.S. Rain Days and Dry Days Products Suite for last 7 & 30 days & since last rain event (from NWS/USGS data)
• Heavy Rainfall Frequencies for the US


• Precipitation Frequency Information and Publications for Wisconsin from NWS Precipitation Frequency Data Server


• Snow to Liquid Water Research


• Hemispheric Snow Maps - Rutgers Univ. Global Snow Lab


• Hydrometeorological Networks in the US


• US Rain Days or Dry Days - US Drought Monitor

Surface & Drinking Water

• North Central River NWS Forecast Office


• Great Lakes Online (NOAA)


• Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)


• NOAA Great Lakes Ice Atlas (1973-2002)


• US Geological Survey Water Resources for Wisconsin


• Great Lakes Marine Data from National Data Buoy Center (includes data from moored buoys and coastal C-MAN stations)
  • Recent Data for Western Great Lakes
  • Historical Data for all Great Lakes


• US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Detroit District
  • St. Paul District
  • Rock Island District


• US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Region 5 Water (includes Wisconsin)
  • Wisconsin Drinking Water
  • Great Lakes


• US Geological Survey
  • Wisconsin Water Science Center
  • Water Watch for Wisconsin


• Wisconsin DNR
  • Division of Water
  • Wisconsin Water Management


• Midwest Technology Assistance Center for Small Public Water Systems (MTAC)
  • Homepage
  • Partner for Wisconsin


• UW-Madison Center of Limnology North Temperate Lakes Long-term Ecological Research


• University of Wisconsin System Water Resources Institute


• National Atlas - Water

 
• Ground Water Atlas of the United States (USGS)
  Online Archive and individual "Hydrological Investigation Atlas" chapters:
  • HA-730J Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin
  • HA-730K Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee
• Global Hydrology and Climate Center


• Goddard Institute for Space Studies Datasets and Images


• Global Reservoir and Lake Monitor


• US Environmental Protection Agency - Water (Wisconsin is in region 5)


• Watersheds of the World - Water Resources eAtlas


• Canadian Ice Service - Environment Canada

National Water Systems Forecasts

• Palmer Drought Severity Forecast Map
from Climate Prediction Center

• US Seasonal Drought Outlook from Climate Prediction Center


• Detailed Discussion for Seasonal Drought Outlook


• US Seasonal Drought Outlook Archive


• Drought Monitoring and Hydrologic Forecasting with VIC from Princeton University


• Soil Moisture Outlooks - Climate Prediction Center


• Water Supply Forecasts - Natural Resources Conservation Service

Runoff and Floods

• Real time stream flow  (USGS Water Watch)
  • Real time
    National Water Watch
    Wisconsin Water Watch
  • Monthly-average stream flow
    National Map
     
• River Observations (NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service, AHPS )
  • Southwest, central and western Wisconsin
  • South central and southeastern Wisconsin
  • West central Wisconsin
  • Northeast Wisconsin
  • Northwest Wisconsin
•  North Central River Forecast Office
  Observed River Conditions in Wisconsin and surrounding states
• Flood and High flow (USGS)
  • National Map
  • Wisconsin Map
     
• Global Register of Major Flood Events - Dartmouth Flood Observatory
• Significant River Flood Outlook (NWS)
• Historical low flow (USGS Drought Watch)
  • National Map
  • Wisconsin Map