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U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM)

The U.S. Drought Monitor is a map updated each Thursday to show the location and intensity of drought across the country. 

Data Coverage
Puerto Rico
United States
USVI/USAPI
Period of Record
2000 - present
File Format
images
text (ascii)
csv
shapefile
kml
Data Type
Land-based Station

USGS WaterWatch Streamflow Data

WaterWatch is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) World Wide Web site that displays maps, graphs, and tables describing real-time, recent, and past streamflow conditions for the United States.

Data Coverage
Puerto Rico
United States
Period of Record
2004 - Present
File Format
images
csv
shapefile
xml
kml
Data Type
Land-based Station

Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI)

VegDRI: a weekly depiction of vegetation stress across the contiguous United States.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
2009 - Present
File Format
images
pdf
Data Type
Satellite

Visual Drought Atlas

The Visual Drought Atlas is a way to compare the appearance of different landscapes over time, in dry, wet and normal years through images.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
2010 - Present
File Format
images