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Drought Devastates Vegetation in Oklahoma Panhandle

As of early August 2008, the Oklahoma panhandle was experiencing its driest year (previous 365 days) since 1921, according to records kept by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. Through July, year-to-date precipitation in Boise City, in the heart of Cimarron County, was only about 4.8 inches, barely half of average and drier than some years in the 1930s, the height of the Dust Bowl.


NASA images by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, based on MODIS data from the Global Agricultural Monitoring Project. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published August 14, 2008

Source:
Terra > MODIS