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Where is drought this week?

U.S. Drought Monitor

Sample of U.S. Drought Monitor

U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook

Sample of U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook

Drought Impacts Report

Sample of Drought Impacts Report

Wildfire Risks

Sample of Wildfire Risks

NIDIS in Your Region

Map of DEWS regions

As of December 14-20, 2016, drought (D1-D4) is impacting:

23.5%

of the US and 28.2% of the lower 48 states.

133.8 million

people in the U.S. and 133.8 in the lower 48 states.


Streaks of heavy precipitation fell from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast and across the lower Southeast this past week.  Stormy weather also prevailed in the West, particularly in California and southwestern Oregon—but also extending inland to the Rockies.  Amid the active weather pattern, an Arctic outbreak peaked on December 17-18, sending temperatures as low as -40°F across northern portions of the Plains and Intermountain West and below 0°F as far south as the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas.