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Depleted streamflow in the Ipswich River near Reading, Massachusetts

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Massachusetts and Rhode Island DroughtWatch

These maps below show the 7-day average streamflow conditions in hydrologic units of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Thus, the maps show conditions adjusted for this time of the year. The colors represent 7-day average streamflow percentiles for the day of the year. USGS sites having at least 30 years of record are used. The data used to produce these maps are provisional and have not been reviewed or edited. They may be subject to significant change.

Map of below normal 7-day average streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of year

Massachusetts

Map of below normal 7-day average streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of year

Rhode Island

Map of below normal 7-day average streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of year

Map legend for below normal 7-day average streamflow condition map

Below Normal Average Streamflow Maps

Average streamflow maps:

  • Area map: 7-day - MA   RI
  • Site map: 7-day - MA   RI
  • Site map: 14-day - MA   RI
  • Site map: 28-day - MA   RI

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Drought Advisories

Massachusetts: Jointly issued by the MA Emergency Management Agency and MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.  Posted on the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation Rainfall Program website.


Rhode Island: Issued by the RI Water Resources Board and posted on their website.


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