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The U.S. Drought Monitor is an interagency drought monitoring tool that is issued weekly.

U.S. Drought Monitor Animation: 6-week or 12-week

This page has been created to help in the preparation of the U.S. Drought Monitor. (The graphics linked to from this page are operational products produced by several different organizations and agencies. The quality control applied to these graphics varies from graphic to graphic and some of the graphics are experimental.) Some of the indicators that are examined to produce the U.S. Drought Monitor include the following:

Indicators Analyzed to Prepare the U.S. Drought Monitor Product

Source	Daily/Weekly Maps
USGS	Daily Streamflow for Current Month 7-Day Average Streamflow
NWS RFC National Precipitation Verification Unit	6-hr and 24-hr Quantitative Precipitation Estimates - maps
NWS NCEP Hydrometeorological Prediction Center	Daily Weather Maps (fronts, temperature, precipitation and 500-mb heights)
USDA (CPC) USDA (NDMC)	USDA Topsoil - Very Short
NESDIS - VHI Main	Satellite Vegetation Health Index NESDIS - VHI U.S. Divisions
NESDIS - VHI Main	Satellite Vegetation Health Index NESDIS - VHI N. America
Forest Service	Fire Danger Keetch-Byram Drought Index Satellite Vegetation Greenness Index
National Climatic Data Center	Weekly PDSI,CMI, Percent of Normal Precipitation and Temperature Departure from Normal
Climate Prediction Center	Experimental Objective Blends of Drought Indicators
Climate Prediction Center	National Soil Moisture Anomaly Soil Moisture Percentiles Evaporation Percentiles Averaged Runoff Anomaly
Midwest Regional Climate Center	Midwest Soil Moisture Upper Layers (0-12 in.) Deeper Layers (0-72 in.)
High Plains Regional Climate Center	COOP station based maps of Temperature and Precipitation at several time frames, from weekly to multi-year
Climate Prediction Center	Average Temperature Anomaly Accumulated Precipitation Anomaly
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service	Western U.S. Snowpack (available January-May)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service	Western U.S. Reservoir Storage (available January-May) * USDA NRCS current graphic * (available year-round)
Western Regional Climate Center	Western U.S. SNOTEL Precipitation Anomaly
Western Regional Climate Center	Western U.S. SNOTEL Snow Water Equivalent Anomaly

Monthly Maps

Source	Monthly Maps
National Climatic Data Center	Monthly Palmer Z Index Palmer Drought Severity Index Palmer Hydrological Drought Index
National Climatic Data Center	Monthly Standardized Precipitation Index, 1-24 Months

For all climate questions other than questions concerning this report, please contact the National Climatic Data Center's Climate Services Division: Climate Services Division
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
fax: 828-271-4876
phone: 828-271-4800
email: ncdc.info@noaa.gov

For further information on the animated climate maps presented on this page, contact: Richard Heim
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
fax: 828-271-4328
email: Richard.Heim@noaa.gov

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Jay Lawrimore
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
fax: 828-271-4328
email: Jay.Lawrimore@noaa.gov

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Indicator Mapsfor U.S. Drought Monitor

U.S. Drought Monitor Animation: 6-week or 12-week

Indicator Maps
for U.S. Drought Monitor