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Research Dataset: Quantifying the Importance of Selected Drought Indicators for the U.S. Drought Monitor by Region and Season

A team of scientists at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center conducted research to quantify the relative importance—or “drought explainability”—of specific indicators with respect to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
2006-2019
File Format
csv
netcdf-4

River DroughtCast

River DroughtCast is an interactive online tool that delivers current streamflow drought conditions and weekly forecasts of streamflow drought at approximately 3,000 USGS streamgages with more than 40 years of data across the lower 48 states.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
December 2025–present (forecasts out to 13 weeks)
File Format
other
Data Type
Model

Sierra Nevada and Upper Colorado River Basin Water Storage Tracker

The CNAP Sierra Nevada Water Storage Tracker provides daily reservoir storage and snowpack information. 

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
images
Data Type
Land-based Station

SNODAS Gridded Snow Depth for the U.S.

SNODAS provides estimates of snow cover, depth, snow water equivalent (SWE) and associated variables to support hydrologic modelling and analysis.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
2003 - Present
File Format
text (ascii)
other
Data Type
Model