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Dust Bowl. A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, April 1936. Iconic photo entitled "Dust Bowl Cimarron County, Oklahoma" taken by Arthur Rothstein. Map of states and counties affected by the Dust Bowl between 1935 and 1938, originally prepared by the Soil Conservation Service.
1934–35 North American drought. Approaching dust storm in South Dakota in 1934. Excessive heat and drought problems affected the United States in 1934–35 from the Rocky Mountains, Texas and Oklahoma to parts of the Midwestern, Great Lakes, and Mid-Atlantic states. These droughts and excessive heat spells were parts of the Dust Bowl and ...
Similar spells during 1980 caused between 4000 and 12000 deaths in the United States along with $24 billion in damage 1980 USD. A severe drought struck the Southeast from 1985 through 1987. It began in 1985 from the Carolinas west-southwest into Alabama, when annual rainfall was reduced by 5 to 35 percent below what was normal.
This visualization shows how the drought developed in the U.S. in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Dried up lake in Oklahoma as a result of the droughts. The 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought was a severe to extreme drought that plagued the Southern United States, including parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and ...
Because of harsh drought conditions extending from southern Oklahoma and deep into central Mexico, monarch numbers are near an all-time low, Okies for Monarchs said.
Climate change in Oklahoma. Köppen climate types in Oklahoma showing most of the state to now be humid subtropical. Regions of the High Plains Aquifer System where the water level has declined in the period 1980-1995 are shown in yellow and red. Climate change in Oklahoma encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made ...
The Geography of Oklahoma encompasses terrain and ecosystems ranging from arid plains to subtropical forests and mountains. Oklahoma contains 10 distinct ecological regions, more per square mile than in any other state by a wide margin. [ 1] It is situated in the Great Plains and U.S. Interior Highlands region near the geographical center of ...
1988–1990 North American drought. The 1988–1990 North American drought ranks among the worst episodes of drought in the United States. This multi-year drought began in most areas in 1988 and continued into 1989 and 1990 (in certain areas). The drought caused $60 billion in damage ($155 billion 2024 USD) in United States dollars, adjusting ...