Visit the NDMC Photo Gallery to see photos of drought conditions in California, Georgia, South Carolina, and other states. If you have photos showing drought conditions, please consider submitting them to the Photo Gallery. The data cutoff for Drought Monitor maps is Tuesday at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The maps, which are based on analysis of the data, are released each Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. NOTE: To view regional drought conditions, click on map below. State maps can be accessed from regional maps. |
To compare current drought conditions with last week’s map, click here. |
To view tabular statistics of this week's Drought Monitor, click here. | To view tabular statistics for the Drought Monitor archive, click here. |
To view Drought Monitor Change Maps, click here. |
NDMC's Drought Impact Reporter |
6-week animation |
12-week animation |
short-term drought indicator blends |
long-term drought indicator blends |
For a .pdf version of the Drought Monitor, click here. |
For more information on the Drought Impact Reporter click here. |
For annual animations of the Drought Monitor click here. |
For more information on the above experimental drought blends, see http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/tools/edb/droughtblend-access-page.html#exp. |
The drought indicators that are synthesized into the Drought Monitor map are on this website, under Forecasts and Current Conditions. |
This summary map is based on a multi-index drought classification scheme. |
For local details and impacts, please contact your State Climatologist or Regional Climate Center. |
Free Online Sources of Historical Weather Data |
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North American Drought Monitor |
The discussion in the Looking Ahead section is simply a description of what the official national guidance from the National Weather Service (NWS) National Centers for Environmental Prediction is depicting for current areas of dryness and drought. The NWS forecast products utilized include the HPC 5-day QPF and 5-day Mean Temperature progs, the 6-10 Day Outlooks of Temperature and Precipitation Probability, and the 8-14 Day Outlooks of Temperature and Precipitation Probability, valid as of late Wednesday afternoon of the USDM release week. The NWS forecast web page used for this section is: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/forecasts/. The Plains The Southeast The West The Midwest and Northeast Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico Looking Ahead: |
Dryness Categories |
D0 ... Abnormally Dry ... used for areas showing dryness but not yet in drought, or for areas recovering from drought.
Updated January 14, 2009 |
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