How is Drought Affecting your Neighborhood?
- Extreme (D3) and Exceptional (D4) drought are affecting areas of eastern Kansas, southwest Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Missouri, southern Iowa, northern Louisiana, Oregon, southern California, and northern North Dakota.
- Severe (D2) drought is present in Oregon, southwest Washington, California, northwest Nevada, Kansas, Utah, Texas, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, southern Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Missouri, southern Iowa, Arkansas, northern Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, New York and Vermont.
Featured Resources:
Drought Status Updates
Two-page status updates on drought conditions, including current conditions, impacts, and outlook
- Drought Status Update: Midwest & Missouri River Basin - August 23, 2018
- Pacific Northwest Drought Status Update - July 31, 2018
- Southwest Drought & Wildfire Update - July 25, 2018
- Drought Status Update: Midwest and Missouri River Basin - July 19, 2018
- Drought Status Update: Midwest & Northern Plains - June 21, 2018
News & Updates
Drought Recovery in the West: An Engagement to Implementation Success Story
NIDIS and NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) held the 3rd annual Drought Amelioration Workshop in Phoenix, Arizona: “The Burning Desert: A Workshop on Drought Recovery Tools and Perspectives.”...
Dry Times is back - and it has a new look!
NIDIS has converted Dry Times, from a bi-annual ...
CDC Releases ‘Preparing for the Health Effects of Drought: a Resource Guide for Public Health Officials’
Although the public health effects of drought can be severe, they are often hard to...
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
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.
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).
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).
