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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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February 16, 2023

The Deep Snowpack in California, the Great Basin, and Colorado River Basin Continues to Grow

January 24, 2023

A Series of Atmospheric Rivers Have Hit Parts of the West. What Does This Mean for Drought?

January 12, 2023

A Parade of Atmospheric Rivers Continues to Dump Snow on California and Parts of the West.

December 15, 2022

Cold, Wet Start to Western Snow Season Except in Parts of the Southwest

June 9, 2022

Snow season ends with above-normal snowpack for much of the Northwest and Northern Rockies while the drought crisis worsens in California and the Southwest.

 

May 5, 2022

April storms boost late-season snowpack in the Northwest and Northern Rockies while snow drought worsens in the Southwest