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Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness across the Nation

How is Drought Affecting your Neighborhood?

Where is drought this week?

November 18-24, 2020

40.7%

of the US land area.

80.7 million

people are experiencing drought.

Extreme (D3) and Exceptional (D4) drought is present in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Severe (D2) drought is present in Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Featured Resources:

- Coastal Salinity Index (CSI) - A New Tool for Coastal Managers

Drought Status Updates Two-page status updates on drought conditions, including current conditions, impacts, and outlook:
- California-Nevada Drought Outlook - December 2019
- California-Nevada Drought Outlook - October 2019
- California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar - May 28, 2019
- California-Nevada Drought Outlook - March 2019

News & Updates

Three firefighters standing in front of the smoke from a wildfire

Climate Change and “Atmospheric Thirst” to Increase Fire Danger and Drought in Nevada and California

Since the start of the 21st century, California and Nevada have suffered extreme wildland fires and droughts that have caused devastating impacts to ecosystems and society. A common feature of...

NIDIS Tribal Drought Engagement Strategy

NIDIS just released its inaugural Tribal Drought Engagement Strategy, which presents guiding principles of tribal engagement, as well as key outcomes and tribal engagement activities for NIDIS and partners to implement in 2021 and...

Drought Prediction Sensitivity to Land Surface Conditions

Severe droughts are a devastating climate event and are considered one of the costliest natural disasters in the United States. With droughts impacting both ecological and economic sectors, improving the...

Featured Drought Data, Maps & Tools

Drought Impacts Report

The National Drought Mitigation Center developed this database of drought impacts, which can be searched by location, type of impact, time period and more.

Wildfire Risks

The National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise, Idaho, produces these maps monthly.

Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI)

The Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) is an experimental tool that can serve as an indicator of both rapidly evolving "flash" droughts (developing over a few weeks) and sustained droughts (developing over months but lasting up to years).

How is Drought Affecting your Neighborhood?

Current Conditions for /city/, /state/ (/county/)

RTCWCB_DNR: Drought Update: As #codrought2020 has persisted for 15+ weeks, @GovofCO has directed the state to enter Phase 3 of the Drought Plan - convening a new Task Force and preparing for conditions into 2021: https://t.co/2lHYf62fiC https://t.co/VLH6v

RTkswateroffice: Join us! Mary Knapp, climatologist at @KStateAgron &amp; Doug Kluck, @NOAAClimate will present current drought conditions &amp; forecast for coming months. Webinar info at https://t.co/sGG2Eibsvd. PDHs are also available for tho

RTBLMFire: Check out the December #WildfireOutlook. La Niña &amp; current fuel conditions remain the principal drivers of significant fire potential into spring. Drought conditions are expected to continue in California, Great Basin, &amp; Southw

RTNWSWGRFC: WEEKEND Outlook - Some precipitation is occurring today in East Texas and will be followed by a long dry spell. Drought conditions will expand and intensify over the next several days. #txwx #droughtTX #droughtNM #droughtCO https://t.co/5Ka0l

RTnorthcentralh2o: Join our NC3 team Dec 14th at 1 PM CT. This webinar will discuss the seasonality of specialty #crops and #drought information. Participants will also learn about graphical decision calendars and how they are used. Register here: https:/

DroughtGov: December Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks from @NOAA's @NWSCPC Below-normal precip chances and above-normal temps for most of the USA. #Drought https://t.co/gi8GTUu1Hp

DroughtGov: December #Drought Outlook by @NOAA's @NWSCPC Drought is expected to persist throughout most of the USA + develop in SoCal and the Southeast. The few improvements? Southeast TX, the Northeast/PA, and the Big Island (HI) See https://t

DroughtGov: Register for the Dec. 8 Southeast Climate Webinar! Will include: Climate Overview Water Resources Overview Agricultural Impacts Update Special presentation on High Tide Flooding by @noaaocean See https://t.co/TYJbrQOKMd @SERCC @NWSSERFC @FLC

DroughtGov: Northeast #Drought Update Improvement in northern ME. Southern/Coastal ME still in Extreme (D3) and Severe Drought (D2). Groundwater/Soil Moisture support D3 in southern NH. Southeast New England retains some D2. Status quo in much of NY. ht

DroughtGov: 7-day precip outlook by @NOAA's @NWSWPC The Northeast, where #drought is improving, is forecasted to get inches(!) of precip in some locations. Southern Plains/South could see good precip too. Outside of parts of the Northwest and Rock

DroughtGov: #DroughtMonitor 11/24: Next week's outlook from @NOAA's @NWSCPC shows just about the entire lower 48, except the East, looking drier than normal. Needless to say, this will not help #drought conditions. See https://t.co/4kMDMVI

DroughtGov: #DroughtMonitor 11/24: A large area in the South/Southeast has dried out in the last couple weeks as La Nina takes hold. This is reflected with the increasing Abnormal Dryness (D0) and even #drought in LA, MS, and AR. However, rain is on th

DroughtGov: #DroughtMonitor 11/24: Another week. Same story. Small improvements in the Northwest, Northeast, parts of the Midwest, and HI in this week's change map while conditions continue to deteriorate for the rest of the USA. See https://t.co/m

DroughtGov: #DroughtMonitor 11/24: Parts of the northern/central US saw precip in the last week, while the southern US was mostly dry. Much is the Southwest is now in Exceptional Drought (D4), the highest level. #Drought2020's Footprint: 40.7% of t

RTAuburnWater: Join us TODAY at 12pm Central for this month's ACF River Basin Drought &amp; Water Webinar! Register: https://t.co/7gwhJujZ26 #auburnwater #drought #droughtpreparedness https://t.co/XgpEaeCmvE

News & Updates

Climate Change and “Atmospheric Thirst” to Increase Fire Danger and Drought in Nevada and California

NIDIS Tribal Drought Engagement Strategy

Drought Prediction Sensitivity to Land Surface Conditions

Featured Drought Data, Maps & Tools

Drought Impacts Report

The National Drought Mitigation Center developed this database of drought impacts, which can be searched by location, type of impact, time period and more.

Drought Impacts Report

Wildfire Risks

The National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise, Idaho, produces these maps monthly.

Wildfire Risks

Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI)

The Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) is an experimental tool that can serve as an indicator of both rapidly evolving "flash" droughts (developing over a few weeks) and sustained droughts (developing over months but lasting up to years).

Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI)

How is Drought Affecting your Neighborhood?

Current Conditions for /city/, /state/ (/county/)

News & Updates

Featured Drought Data, Maps & Tools

Drought Impacts Report The National Drought Mitigation Center developed this database of drought impacts, which can be searched by location, type of impact, time period and more.

Wildfire Risks The National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise, Idaho, produces these maps monthly.

Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) The Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) is an experimental tool that can serve as an indicator of both rapidly evolving "flash" droughts (developing over a few weeks) and sustained droughts (developing over months but lasting up to years).

Drought Impacts Report

The National Drought Mitigation Center developed this database of drought impacts, which can be searched by location, type of impact, time period and more.

Wildfire Risks

The National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise, Idaho, produces these maps monthly.

Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI)

The Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) is an experimental tool that can serve as an indicator of both rapidly evolving "flash" droughts (developing over a few weeks) and sustained droughts (developing over months but lasting up to years).