Weekly Summary

  • Article #256: March 7-13, 2001

    March 7-13, 2001 The week of March 7 to 13 was very active in the Midwest, especially in the Great Lakes region, where 2 c...

  • Article #257: March 14-20, 2001

    March 14-20, 2001: The next week started with a slow moving, intense low pressure center entering Missouri from the west...

  • Article #258: March 21-31, 2001

    March 21-31, 2001: The week of March 21-27 was very dry for much of the Midwest (Figure 15). Most of the precipitation received in...

  • Article #260: April 1-3, 2001

    April 1-3, 2001 Signs of spring finally arrived in the Midwest in the first three days of April 2001. A stationary boundar...

  • Article #261: April 4-10, 2001

    April 4-10, 2001 During the week of April 4-10, the Midwest spent several days on spring and went right into summer. A sta...

  • Article #262: April 11-17, 2001

    April 11-17, 2001: At the beginning of the week of April 11-17, the upper atmosphere ridge that brought summer-like cond...

  • Article #263: April 18-30, 2001

    April 18-30, 2001: The period from April 18-30 was wet in the northwestern Midwest, especially in the Upper Basin of the...

  • Article #265: May 1-8, 2001

    May 1-8, 2001 The period May 1-8 was marked by a continuation of the April pattern of heavy precipitation in the Upper Mis...

  • Article #266: May 9-15, 2001

    May 9-15, 2001 Conditions during May 9-15 were quite similar to previous weeks. Heavy precipitation events affected northe...

  • Article #267: May 16-22, 2001

    May 16-22, 2001: The week of May 16-22 was one of the wettest for the entire Midwest since last Fall. While some of the...

  • Article #268: May 23-31, 2001

    May 23-31, 2001: The final period of the month, May 23 to May 31, was certainly moist in the northern and eastern parts...

  • Article #270: June 1-5, 2001

    June 1-5, 2001 The period June 1 to June 5 marked a return to heavy rain, after having a more normal amount in the previou...

  • Article #271: June 6-12, 2001

    June 6-12, 2001 The week of June 6 to June 12 displayed promising signs of a return to summer in the Midwest. Light precipi...

  • Article #272: June 13-19, 2001

    June 13-19, 2001: The week of June 13 to June 19 brought more disappointment to the saturated farms of the northwestern...

  • Article #273: June 20-30, 2001

    June 20-30, 2001: Much of the northern Midwest enjoyed a reprieve from the wet weather that has plagued this area since...

  • Article #274: July 1-10, 2001

    July 1-10, 2001 On July 1 a strong cold front swept through the Midwest, producing a line of thunderstorms that extended f...

  • Article #275: July 11-17, 2001

    July 11-17, 2001 The week of July 11-17 was very dry in most of the Midwest, with a large swath through southern Minnesota,...

  • Article #276: July 18-24, 2001

    July 18-24, 2001: The dry pattern of preceding weeks reversed during the July 18-24 period (Figure 16). Most of the Midw...

  • Article #277: July 25-31, 2001

    July 25-31, 2001: The precipitation patterns during July 25-31 followed the outlines of established dry and wet...

  • Article #278: August 1-14, 2001

    August 1-14, 2001 The first two weeks of August started with a slow moving cold front edging southeastward from the Great...