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Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness across the Nation

How is Drought Affecting your Neighborhood?

Where is drought this week?

February 5-11, 2020

8.9%

of the US land area.

16.7 million

people are experiencing drought.

Extreme (D3) and Exceptional (D4) drought is present in Texas.
Severe (D2) drought is present in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, 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 - 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

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New Research on Conservation During Drought

The Alliance for Water Efficiency has released a new research study on municipal drought response and water demand. The report, Use and Effectiveness of Municipal Irrigation Restrictions During Drought, explores...

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The High Cost of Drought

NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) tracks U.S. weather and climate events that have great economic and societal impacts (www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions). Since 1980, the U.S. has sustained 258...

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2019 in Review: A Look Back at Drought across the United States in 10 Maps

Using data from the 52 weekly U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) maps published during 2019, the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) generated annual maps 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.

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/)

RTNWSGJT: Side by side comparison of the latest state of the #snowpack this year compared to this date last year. For an interactive map, please visit https://t.co/V59hJmchrd #cowx #utwx https://t.co/KZnM119spp

RTHazCenter: U.S. #droughtresponse needs to change now or we may not be able to respond to future challenges. California could prove as a bellwether&mdash;learn more in the latest #ResearchCounts. https://t.co/TZI5Vo61dD

RTNWSCNRFC: A list we don't want to be on! The @CA_DWR Northern #Sierra 8-Station Precip Index has seen only 0.02" this month to date. Here is how this ranks with other dry Februaries. Also, weather models continue to show little if any precip

RTSERCC: #Rain continues to add up across the southeast. With each day of rain more stations continue to show this #Winter(DJF) as the wettest on record to date and could surpass last Winters totals for many locations. https://t.co/h21otldWUb #CLIMPER htt

RTmdettinger: As dry Feb 2020 plays out, concerns about California drought rise…Some context though: We're gonna pay for lack of storms but reservoirs still near (recent) norms. 2020 water supplies will hang on last yr's precip. @CnapRisa @Dro

RTNWSSacramento: What a difference a year makes! Left: 2019, Right: 2020. Sierra snow pack is below normal for this time of year, at about 58% statewide. Dry weather is expected to continue. #CAwx https://t.co/yjxR5JceCp

RTNWSCPC: Despite the warm winter for most parts of the Lower-48, winter does not appear to be going down without a fight! Below-normal temperatures are favored across much of the country in today's Week-2 outlook as we look to close out February and

RTNOAAComms: Reporters: @NOAA Monthly U.S. and Global #Climate Call is February 20 at 11 am ET --&gt; NOAA experts recap January and provide outlooks through May. Details: https://t.co/f4gThy8ppE via @NOAASatellitePA https://t.co/SxZyLyczYb

RTUWCIMSS: A look at the #AtmosphericRiver pattern that continues to drench the U.S. Pacific Northwest but elude #California where the U.S. Drought Monitor indicates that 46% of the state is abnormally dry and just this week, 9% is now in a moderate #dro

RTNASAEarth: A severe #drought in #Thailand is affecting agriculture and drinking water in the region. https://t.co/HQYUL6FnSM https://t.co/Pg01uSaWWj #NASA https://t.co/60IKJjEBDe

RTNWSWGRFC: Drought persists across 35 percent of the area with nearly 2 percent now in extreme drought. Most of the recent drought relief has been focused on north and west Texas. #txdrought #nmdrought #codrought https://t.co/vXq3YrqXnx

RTNWSCPC: The dry pattern observed across California during the last 30 days looks likely to continue, with no rain forecast across nearly the entirety of the state during the next week and a tilt toward below-normal precipitation anticipated throughout W

RTNWSBoise: Curious about how our snow pack is doing? Here's a look at the snow water equivalent (SWE) measured in the current snowpack across the west. Percentages are compared to the average for this time of year. #IDwx #ORwx #PacNW https://t.co/4

RTWeather_West: California statewide snowpack now far below average for date (59% of avg), per @CA_DWR sensors. Given very dry and relatively warm conditions expected over the next 2+ weeks, I would not be surprised to see values drop below 50% of avg. by

RTNWS: .@NWS was formed 150 years ago this week. Many of our most memorable events started as any other day, but developed into moments that defined our lives as public servants. https://t.co/LXBRB6d3RR #NWS150 https://t.co/Ri7PsLZvBJ

News & Updates

New Research on Conservation During Drought

The High Cost of Drought

2019 in Review: A Look Back at Drought across the United States in 10 Maps

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).