Weekly Summary

  • Article #286: September 26-30, 2001

    September 26-30, 2001: The period of September 26-30 was very quiet. No synoptic scale system passed through the region dur...

  • Article #285: September 19-25, 2001

    September 19-25, 2001: The period of September 19-25 was very active in the Midwest, with at least three distinct low pr...

  • Article #284: September 12-18, 2001

    September 12-18, 2001: The period of September 12-18 was very quiet and dry in the Midwest. The only places that receive...

  • Article #283: September 5-11, 2001

    September 5-11, 2001: The period of September 5-11 began with several dry and temperate days, as the Midwest was dominated...

  • Article #282: September 1-4, 2001

    September 1-4, 2001: The period of September 1 to 4 was quite tranquil weatherwise in the Midwest. While August rushed out...

  • Article #281: August 29-31, 2001

    August 29-31, 2001: The last three days of the month were quite eventful in the Midwest. A strong cold front entered the...

  • Article #280: August 22-28, 2001

    August 22-28, 2001: The August 22-28 period was quite wet in some of the previously dry regions of the Midwest. Central...

  • Article #279: August 15-21, 2001

    August 15-21, 2001 The third week of August proved to be cooler and more rainy than the first two weeks combined. These con...

  • 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...

  • 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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...