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About Drought Status Updates: NIDIS and partners issue drought status updates to communicate a potential area of concern for drought expansion and/or development, based on recent conditions and the upcoming forecast.
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Lightning strikes in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Photo credit: Shutterstock.
Drought Status Update for the Intermountain West
August 20, 2026

Intermountain West Drought Persists Due to Heat and Lackluster Monsoon; Despite Short-Term Relief, Long-Term Water Crisis Continues

A windmill in a field before a storm in the Southern Plains.
Drought Status Update for the Southern Plains
July 29, 2026

Inconsistent Summer Precipitation Across the Southern Plains

A beach landscape in Puerto Rico.
Drought Update for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
July 23, 2026

U.S. Caribbean Drought Sparks Fires and Water Rationing; Dry Fall Ahead.

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A beach landscape in Puerto Rico.
Actualización del estado de la sequía en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos
July 23, 2026

La sequía en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes ha provocado incendios y racionamiento de agua; se avecina un otoño seco.

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A bridge over water, surrounded by fall foliage, in Swallow Falls State Park in western Maryland. Photo credit: Nathaniel Gonzales, Adobe Stock.
Drought Status Update for the Mid-Atlantic
July 16, 2026

Amid Record Heat, Severe Storms Bring Some Drought Relief to the Mid-Atlantic 

Sunset over creek marsh in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Photo credit: Heather Gloria, Shutterstock.
Drought Status Update for the Southeast
June 25, 2026

Drought Improved for Most of the Southeast, But Long-Term Drought Impacts Persist in North Carolina and South Florida