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U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM)

NOAA and its partners publish regional reports each quarter, summarizing weather, impacts and predictions.

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

U.S. Drought Monitor Change Map

USDM Drought Change Maps display changes in drought class degradation and drought class improvements across the United States.

Data Coverage
Puerto Rico
United States
Period of Record
2014 - Present
File Format
pdf
Data Type
Land-based Station

U.S. Forest Service Cumulative Drought Severity Index (CDSI)

U.S Forest Service Cumulative Drought Severity Index (CDSI): allows users to compare the severity of droughts experienced by different forest ecosystems between two periods, 1960-1986 & 1987-20

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
1960-1986, 1987-2013
File Format
images
geotiff
Data Type
Model

U.S. Gridded Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) from gridMET

This new experimental implementation of the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) updates every 5 days using the high-resolution gridMET gridded research dataset and USDA STATSGO soil

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1980 to Present
File Format
images
geotiff
netcdf-4
Data Type
Land-based Station
Model