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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...