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U.S. Drought Monitor

US Drought Monitor image provided by the National Drought Mitigation Center

Weekly US Drought Monitor image provided by the National Drought Mitigation Center

The U.S. Drought Monitor is a weekly map based on measurements of climatic, hydrologic and soil conditions as well as reported impacts and observations from more than 350 contributors around the U.S. Click here for more information.

U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook

Seasonal Drought Outlook from the Climate Prediction Center

Seasonal Drought Outlook from the Climate prediction Center

The Climate Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, publishes this outlook on the third Thursday of each month.
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Drought Impacts Report

Drought Impacts Reporter map from the National Drought Mitigation Center

Drought Impacts Reporter map from the National Drought Mitigation Center

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

Monthly national fire prediction map

Monthly national fire prediction map

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

NIDIS Regional Drought Early Warning Regions

NIDIS coordinates Drought Early Warning Systems (DEWS) in many regions of the U.S. Through DEWS, stakeholders explore and demonstrate a range of early warning and drought risk reduction strategies. Click here for more information.

As of September 14-20, 2016, drought (D1-D4) is impacting:

15.7%

of the US and 18.8% of the lower 48 states.

99.5 million

people in the U.S. and 99.4 in the lower 48 states.


During the past seven days, frequent frontal activity helped to ensure heavy rainfall (two inches or greater) over portions of the Midwest, the middle and lower Mississippi Valley, the southern Plains, the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, and the Pacific Northwest. The southern Atlantic Coast region also received areas of heavy rainfall due to the slow passage and subsequent meandering of Tropical Storm Julia. Drought remains entrenched over the southern Appalachians vicinity, parts of the Northeast, the eastern Great Lakes region, the northern Plains, and much of the West.