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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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Drought conditions causing low levels in the Colorado River. Credit: GoodFocused, Shutterstock.
Special Edition Drought Status Update for the Western United States
January 24, 2023

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

Runoff from melting snow flowing into a stream, representing snow drought.
Snow Drought Current Conditions and Impacts in the West
January 12, 2023

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

Runoff from melting snow flowing into a stream, representing snow drought.
Snow Drought Current Conditions and Impacts in the West
December 15, 2022

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

Runoff from melting snow flowing into a stream
Water Year 2022 Snow Drought Conditions Summary and Impacts in the West
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.

 

Runoff from melting snow flowing into a stream
Snow Drought Current Conditions and Impacts in the West
May 5, 2022

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

Green trees in front of mountains in the Pacific Northwest
Drought Status Update for the Pacific Northwest
April 11, 2022

Snow Drought and Early Melt Will Impact Already Stressed Water Supplies

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