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United States Drought Information


National Current Conditions | Drought.gov

National Current Conditions ; 41.67%. of the U.S. and 49.84% of the lower 48 states are in drought this week. Decrease of ; 318.6 Million. acres of major crops in ...

National Drought Status

41.67%. of the U.S. is in drought this week. ; 318.6 Million. acres of crops in U.S. are experiencing drought conditions this week. ; 149.4 Million. people in the ...

Current Map | U.S. Drought Monitor

Storm systems brought significant precipitation and drought relief to broad areas in the central Rockies, central and southern Plains, Lower and Middle ...

United States Drought Information - Climate Prediction Center

Due to the 7-16 day time span between releases of the Seasonal Drought Outlook (SDO) on the third Thursday of each month and Monthly Drought Outlook (MDO) on ...

Drought Monitor | NOAA Climate.gov

The darker the shade on the map, the more intense the drought conditions. For maps showing drought status in Alaska, Hawai'i, and other U.S. territories, please ...

| U.S. Drought Monitor

The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced through a partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United ...

Drought - USDA

Drought affects nearly every facet of USDA, reducing water quality, quantity and devastating the communities, farmers and ranchers we serve and the resources ...

Drought Monitoring - National Weather Service

The U.S. Drought Monitor is a weekly collaborative effort between a number of federal agencies including NOAA/NWS, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the ...

October 2024 Drought Report

Based on the Palmer Drought Index, severe to extreme drought affected about 18% of the contiguous United States as of the end of October 2024, ...

Data | U.S. Drought Monitor

View a graph of the U.S. Drought Monitor statistics for a chosen area ...

What is the USDM? | U.S. Drought Monitor

The U.S. Drought Monitor has been a team effort since its inception in 1999, produced jointly by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of ...

Droughts in the United States - Wikipedia

The United States' contiguous western and especially southwestern region has experienced widespread drought since about year 2000.

Drought Information - National Weather Service

Moderate Drought (D1):. Some damage to crops, pastures, fire risk high; streams, reservoirs or wells low, some water shortage developing or imminent, voluntary ...

U.S. Drought Monitor | USDA Climate Hubs

The map uses five classifications: abnormally dry (D0), showing areas that may be going into or are coming out of drought, and four levels of drought: moderate ...

Drought Classification | U.S. Drought Monitor

The USDM differentiates between short- and long-term drought. Short-term drought can have impacts on agriculture and grasslands, and the drought classification ...

Drought - HHS.gov

Following a very dry October, drought coverage expanded and intensified across much of the eastern and central U.S. A wet start to November ...

MONITORING | Global Drought Information System (GDIS)

The Global Drought Monitor depicts current drought conditions across the globe using a “bottom-up” approach.

Maps | U.S. Drought Monitor

The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced through a partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United ...

Climate Change Indicators: Drought | US EPA

Average drought conditions across the nation have varied over time. · Large and consistent decreases in the SPEI have been observed throughout ...

Five Facts About the United States Drought Monitor | Farmers.gov

The US Drought Monitor provides a weekly drought assessment, and it plays an important role in USDA programs that help farmers and ranchers recover from ...