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Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness across the Nation

How is Drought Affecting your Neighborhood?

Where is drought this week?

November 13-19, 2019

12.2%

of the US land area.

23.3 million

people are experiencing drought.

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

DroughtGov: CA and NV have been unusually dry…until just about now. Still, the #DroughtMonitor shows both states with Abnormal Dryness and some #Drought. Will the current precip help? What's the outlook? Join us Nov 25 for the CA-NV Drought &am

RTMidwestClimate: The Midwest remained #drought free in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor. However, above-normal precipitation has hindered harvest progress across the region, as corn remains well behind according to @usda_nass. https://t.co/CjALwCszmk

DroughtGov: Hawaii, which has had small pockets of Moderate to Extreme #Drought for some time, now sees almost the entire island chain swathed in Abnormal Dryness (D0) since last week's #DroughtMonitor. https://t.co/iVjg045tnu https://t.co/n2HJMewVGj

DroughtGov: A new sliver of extreme #drought was added in southwestern Kansas, where several locations have reported less than 1/2" of precip since Sept 1. Moderate to severe drought also is in the area with Abnormal Dryness extending out to Northwes

DroughtGov: Updated Seasonal Outlook by @NWSCPC. #Drought is likely to be removed in AK, HI, and the Southeast and removed or improved upon in the Southwest. Sections of CO, KS, NM, OK, and TX may see drought persistence. Drought development continues to

DroughtGov: A couple notable additions to the mass of #drought/dryness in the West. Extreme Drought has been added to southwestern Kansas and the western Utah/Arizona border. Hopefully the rain/snow received this week will help. Conditions continue to imp

RTClimateBecky: Not only did St. George UT end their record-breaking dry streak of 155 days no precip, they ended it with a new wettest November day in their record, dating back to 1893. Is it a #drought buster? Not quite. They went from 1st ranked dries

RTClimateMolly: Now that the #Midwest DEWS Regional Partner Meeting has wrapped up - we are onto our Midwest #Drought and #HumanHealth Workshop! Led by @JesseEugeneBell @unmc and co-planned with @mnhealth and @DroughtGov! https://t.co/hkFU7MTfEb

RTILClimatologist: Great discussions of #drought communication and resilience at #Midwest Drought Early Warning System meeting in always beautiful St. Paul this week! Thanks @ClimateMolly for organizing. @DroughtGov https://t.co/y5pNBb3jtP

RTNWSWGRFC: Pacific low to bring much needed snow and rain to various locations in the WGRFC forecast area. No significant river impacts expected. #txwx #nmwx #cowx #wspwgrfc https://t.co/6EeH0u6uUq

RTClimateMolly: Kicking off day 2 of the #Midwest DEWS meeting in St Paul with @drwilsonsWX and @Trent_W_Ford! They are giving a presentation on exploring rapid transitions between hydrological extremes in the Midwest. #drought #flood @DroughtGov https:/

DroughtGov: Jan Stoddard w/ @visitmontana presents on the cascading effects of #drought on tourism. Summer 2017 was the worst fire season in MT in decades. MT lost 800K visitors in the third quarter and $240.5 million in visitor spending. When people don&

DroughtGov: Deborah Thomas w/ @GeoEarthUNCC discusses how communities that rely on tourism can cope with #drought at today's Outdoor Recreation Seminar. Economic diversification is key. @CUBoulderMENV @NOAA @CUBoulder @unccharlotte https://t.co/6PwyM

RTAlaskaWx: Talk of Alaska 10am AKST today is about the Southeast Alaska Drought, with @Climatologist49 #akwx https://t.co/4yrEYlOCdz

DroughtGov: Seminar on #Drought and the Outdoor Recreation Sector kicks off today! We'll explore the effects of uncertain snowpack levels, streamflows, and warming temperatures on outdoor recreation businesses with a focus on snow- and water-based ac

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).