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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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May 20, 2025

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

May 20, 2025

Record-Breaking Snowpack Melt Out Across the West

May 15, 2025

Drought Persists and Likely to Expand as Impacts Worsen

May 8, 2025

En las dos últimas semanas ha llovido en exceso en los territorios, lo que ha provocado grandes inundaciones, pero ha mejorado el nivel de los embalses. No se anticipa sequía a corto plazo.

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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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May 1, 2025

Rapid Melt Continues to Push Snowpack Below Median Across the West