Pennsylvania Drought Monitoring
Pennsylvania Drought Condition Monitoring
Drought Indicators
About the PA DEP drought condition monitoring program
- Drought Watch Defined
- Drought Warning Defined
- Drought Emergency Defined
- Pennsylvania DEP Drought Information
Drought Analyses and Management
- USGS Fact Sheet: Drought
- Drought and climate • evapotranspiration
- Pennsylvania DEP: Drought Management in Pennsylvania
- Statement by Robert Hirsch, USGS Research Hydrologist and former Associate Director for Water, delivered at the 2002 Congressional Drought Summit
USGS Waterwatch Low Flow Conditions
Average streamflow maps:
- Area map: Below normal 7-day
- Site map: Below normal 7-day
- Site map: Below normal 14-day
- Site map: Below normal 28-day
Drought Links
- Precipitation required to end or ameliorate the current drought and the probabilities of that occurring
- NOAA's climate outlook maps
- U.S. Drought Monitor map and summary
- NOAA's Drought Information Center
- NRCS weekly drought reports, SNOTEL data, water-equivalent, and precipitation graphs by basin
- National Weather Service
Drip Calculator
Check your faucets at home -- do any of them drip? Enough unchecked drips in enough houses can add up to a flood of wasted water—a disturbing fact in those parts of the country in drought conditions. Use our handy drip calculator to see how many gallons of water can go down the drain if your drippy faucets keep dripping.
