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DROUGHT STATUS UPDATE ARCHIVE

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About Drought Status Updates: NIDIS and partners issue drought status updates to communicate a potential area of concern for drought expansion and/or development, based on recent conditions and the upcoming forecast.
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Green trees in front of mountains in the Pacific Northwest
Special Edition Drought Status Update for Pacific Northwest Tribal Nations
June 2, 2025

Warm and Dry Conditions Set the Stage for Increased Wildfire Activity, Diminished Water Supplies This Summer

A windmill in a field before a storm in the Southern Plains.
Drought Status Update for the Southern Plains
May 22, 2025

Despite Short-Term Improvement for the Southern Plains, Drought Likely to Persist This Summer

Runoff from melting snow flowing into a stream, representing snow drought.
Special Snow Drought Update: Rapid Snowmelt
May 20, 2025

Record-Breaking Snowpack Melt Out Across the West

Colorado River from Nankoweap Granaries in Grand Canyon. Photo credit: Beth Ruggiero-York, Shutterstock.
Drought Status Update for the Intermountain West
May 20, 2025

Rapid Spring Snowmelt Reduces Western Water Supplies; Drought Likely to Persist in a Warm Summer

The Missouri River flowing amid dry grasses and trees.
Drought Status Update for the Missouri River Basin
May 15, 2025

Drought Persists and Likely to Expand as Impacts Worsen

A beach landscape in Puerto Rico.
Drought Update for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
May 8, 2025

The territories received excessive rainfall in the last couple of weeks, which brought extensive flooding but improved water levels in reservoirs.  No drought is anticipated to develop in the short term.

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