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Drought.gov
National Integrated Drought Information System
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NIDIS supports drought research through advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms that lead to drought as well as improving the coordination and delivery of drought information.
What is Drought?
Drought in Action
What is NIDIS?
NIDIS is a multi-agency partnership that coordinates drought monitoring, forecasting, planning, and information at national, state, and local levels across the country.
What is Drought Early Warning?
A drought early warning system (DEWS) utilizes new and existing networks of federal, tribal, state, local, and academic partners to make climate and drought science accessible and useful for decision makers and stakeholders.
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Drought Impacts Toolkit

The National Drought Mitigation Center's Drought Impacts Toolkit features several key tools for monitoring and mitigating the impacts of drought, including condition monitoring observer reports, th

Data Coverage

United States

Example map of precipitation percent of normal needed to end drought conditions

Drought Termination and Amelioration

NCEI provides precipitation data that can be used to show probability or the amount of precipitation to ameliorate or end a drought at different monthly scales.

Data Coverage

United States

Period of Record

Current Conditions, Forecasts

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Model

Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI)

The Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) is an experimental tool that can serve as an indicator of both rapidly evolving "flash" droughts (developing over a few weeks) and sustained droughts (de

Data Coverage

Contiguous U.S.

Period of Record

1980 - Present

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text (ascii)

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Model