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Gridded Surface Meteorological (gridMET) Dataset

gridMET is a gridded dataset of daily high-spatial resolution (~4-km, 1/24th degree) surface meteorological data using PRISM and NLDAS-2, covering the contiguous U.S. from 1979-present.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1979 - Present
File Format
netcdf-3

Gridded U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM)

The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) is a weekly map, released each Thursday, to show the location and intensity of drought across the country.

Data Coverage
Puerto Rico
United States
Period of Record
2000-Present
File Format
images
json
geotiff
Data Type
Model

Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from GRACE Data Assimilation

Groundwater and soil moisture drought indicators based on terrestrial water storage observations derived from GRACE satellite data and integrated with other observations, produced each week by NASA.

Period of Record
2003 - Present
File Format
images
pdf
xml
other
Data Type
Satellite

Historical Drought Data & Conditions Tool: U.S. Drought Portal

 The U.S. Drought Portal's Historical Data & Conditions Tool displays three historical drought datasets side by side on an interactive time series graph and map: U.S. Drought Monitor (2000 - Present), Standardized Precipitation Index (1895 - Present), and Palmer Modified Drought Index (0 BCE - 2017). These data are available for download in CSV, XML, and JSON format.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Various
File Format
csv
json
xml
Data Type
Land-based Station
Paleoclimate