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Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness across the Nation

How is Drought Affecting your Neighborhood?

Where is drought this week?

November 6-12, 2019

12.9%

of the US land area.

26.3 million

people are experiencing drought.

Extreme (D3) and Exceptional (D4) drought is present in Hawaii and Texas.
Severe (D2) drought is present in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and Hawaii.

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 - October 2019
- California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar - May 28, 2019
- California-Nevada Drought Outlook - March 2019
- Southwest Drought Status and El Niño Update – February 14, 2019

News & Updates

What Does Flash Drought Look Like in Your Region?

Flash drought can quickly deplete soil moisture and dramatically increase evaporative stress on the environment, leading to significant impacts on agriculture. A recently completed study, led by researchers from the...

Colorado River Drought Contingency Planning

On March 19, 2019, the Governor’s representatives of the seven Colorado River Basin States and key water districts formally submitted Drought Contingency Plans to Congress for immediate implementation in order...

Drought Contingency Planning Grants Funding Opportunity

The Bureau of Reclamation's FY 2020/2021 WaterSMART Drought Response Program: Drought Contingency Planning Grants Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is now available on grants.gov. Applications are accepted through Wednesday February 5, 2020 at 4pm...

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/)

RTlparkerphd: CA state climatologist Mike Anderson kicking off @DroughtGov CA-NV DEWS partner meeting w/ a CA perspective on drought, climate, and water resources management #drought #CAwx #DEWS https://t.co/BAZEmHOZmk

RTNOAANCEIclimate: We have just released the October 2019 Global Climate Report. Follow this thread for details. Also, read more online: https://t.co/FpPFmDxnmB #StateOfClimate https://t.co/Kvfv8ZGrGT

RTdennistodey: October was very cold in the middle of North America, creating some harvest problems. But we are very different from the rest of the globe. https://t.co/XeHSy7OcRF

RTNOAA: SEE: Map of #October 2019 Global Significant #Climate Events from @NOAANCEIclimate https://t.co/XY4pq3jz1o #StateOfClimate https://t.co/EJiodXTks5

RThydromet_man: Still hope for a wet water year, but odds shift quickly to the dry side when we miss out on the early season rains... @mdettinger https://t.co/QlY5aJn5CG

RTOUWXDoc: A summary of our recent work concerning the regional characteristics of flash droughts in the United States has published by @DroughtGov - it can be found at: https://t.co/4Nq3ALeyjc

RTNWSBayArea: 2 week comparison of the #DroughtMonitor map. D0-Abnormally Dry Classification given to much of California this week due to the lack of precipitation from the start the water year that began on Oct. 1st. #cawx #drought #Drought2019 https://t

RTNWSDodgeCity: The latest drought monitor shows increasing drought across western Kansas into the severe category for areas from Morton to Finney counties with the next best chance for any precipitation not until the end of next week. https://t.co/7DE7jm

RTCWCB_DNR: Drought Update: #cowater Good news: 25% of Colorado (northern/central) is now drought free thanks to recent precipitation. Bad news: Severe drought conditions are now moving into east the Rio Grande basin (31% of the state). https://t.co/tkf

RTNWSAlbuquerque: Tropical Storm Raymond forms in the eastern Pacific. There is growing consensus in extended forecast models on potential drought relief for western NM by the late next week due in part to remnant moisture from Raymond #nmwx #nmdrought ht

RTNOAANCEIclimate: November 12: Read highlights about this week's U.S. Drought Monitor with links to more information: https://t.co/N80XLAA3Ej https://t.co/GxqfQOWdUT

RTNWSSaltLakeCity: November itself has been a bit dry across the Southwest...with many areas yet to receive any measurable precipitation. #utwx https://t.co/9vUVOagVzR

RTNWSSaltLakeCity: An alternate way to look at this information... This plot shows the deviation from normal precipitation in inches since mid July. #utwx https://t.co/p2Qa8YJTuf

RTNOAAClimate: In the latest #ENSO outlook, scientists expect ENSO-neutral conditions to continue through the winter. But as ENSO blogger Emily Becker describes in the ENSO blog this week, some other climate patterns are out and about in neighborhood in t

DroughtGov: Flash #drought can quickly deplete soil moisture and increase evaporative stress, significantly impacting agriculture. A recent study, funded in part by @NOAA, @USDA_NIFA, @NASA, and @USDAClimateHubs, explored the geographic differences of fla

News & Updates

What Does Flash Drought Look Like in Your Region?

Colorado River Drought Contingency Planning

Drought Contingency Planning Grants Funding Opportunity

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).