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Climate of 2003 - January U.S. Drought National Climatic Data Center, 13 February 2003
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U.S. Drought /
Extremes
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U.S. Drought Highlights:
- On the national scale, severe to extreme drought affected about 25 percent of the contiguous United States as of the end of January 2003
- moderate to extreme drought affected about 39 percent of the contiguous U.S.
- Short-term conditions deteriorated across much of the country, with over a third (36%) of the U.S. experiencing very dry conditions during January 2003
- Long-term moisture deficits persisted across much of the western U.S., from the central Plains to Great Lakes, and across parts of Maine
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The data presented in this drought report are preliminary. Ranks, anomalies, and percent areas may change as more complete data are received and processed. |
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