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Predicted high temperatures, high evaporation, and a continuing dry spell are all the ingredients for rapid drought development across southern South Dakota, eastern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, as well as western Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa.

Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness Across the Nation

The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) is a multi-agency partnership that coordinates drought monitoring, forecasting, planning, and information at national, tribal, state, and local levels.

Current Conditions

U.S. Drought Monitor Category
% of U.S.
30.8
21.0
8.3
2.8
0.5
32.6

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This article provides an overview of the study, Drought Characterization with GPS: Insights into Groundwater and Surface-Reservoir Storage in California, published in Water Resources Research.Drought intensity is often characterized using meteorological observations, such as precipitation, rather than hydrologic observations, such as reservoir levels and groundwater levels. While
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NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) has announced up to $4 million in funding for 8 two-year projects as part of the Fiscal Year 2025 NIDIS Coping with Drought: Understanding and Assessing Drought in a Changing Climate competition. This competition seeks projects focused on improving drought indicator performance to account for non-stationarity with the
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New interactive maps on Drought.gov can help users better prepare for heat and drought in their communities, with data from NOAA’s National Weather Service. Drought.gov now displays customizable maps showing National Weather Service heat advisories, warnings, and watches, as well as 3–7 and 8–14 day heat hazard outlooks. These maps can be overlaid with the U.S. Drought Monitor to monitor areas