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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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November 9, 2021

Watch the November 9 webinar recordingRegister here for the December 14 Southeast Climate Webinar, including a

November 5, 2021

Drought conditions are slowly improving across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with long-term forecasts suggesting increased chances for above-normal rainfall over the next few months.

View the December 17 Drought Status Update.

November 4, 2021

Drought Persists Despite Some Improvement in the Upper Missouri River Basin

November 4, 2021

Drought conditions expand over parts of Texas and western Kansas and Oklahoma.

Eastern Oklahoma and Kansas see drought conditions improve.

 

October 28, 2021

A Bomb Cyclone and Powerful Atmospheric River Just Hit Parts of the West. What Does This Mean for Drought? 

October 28, 2021

It’s raining and snowing in parts of the Intermountain West, but drought continues.