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The map uses 5 classifications: Abnormally Dry (D0), showing areas that may be going into or are coming out of drought, and four levels of drought (D1–D4). This map is used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to trigger some disaster declarations and loan eligibility.
- U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM)
The U.S. Drought Monitor is updated each Thursday to show...
- U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM)
Abnormal dryness and moderate to severe drought expanded in all of the states, while extreme drought expanded in Texas and developed in Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The heat and dryness of this August have resulted in flash drought conditions.
- West Overview
- Great Plains Overview
- Mississippi River Basin
- Northeast
- Southeast
- Hawaii
- Alaska
- Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
- U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
The West (Rocky Mountains to Pacific Coast) has been suffering from a multi-year drought characterized by years with low precipitation and persistent unusual warmth. Half or more of the last 22 years have been drier than the long-term average, with 2013 ranking as the second driest year regionwide in the 1895-2022 record, 2020 ranking as fourth dri...
The Great Plainsof the U.S. stretches from Montana and North Dakota to Texas. This large region experienced diverse weather anomalies during 2022: 1. January, June, and September were dry across much of the region. 2. The central Plains were dry during February. 3. The northern and southern Plains were dry during March while parts of the central Pl...
The Mississippi River experienced the lowest water levels in a decade near Memphis, Tennessee and Vicksburg, Mississippi in October, closing off a vital channel to barge traffic at a crucial time of the year for transport of crops from the nation's heartland. This resulted from the development and intensification of drought in some of the river's t...
Drought affected parts of the Northeast during 2022. The year began with drought in northern New England and along the Mid-Atlantic coast. Dry conditions during late spring and in the summer led to drought development and expansion across southern New England. Beneficial fall and early winter precipitation virtually eliminated drought from the regi...
Various parts of the Southeast experienced drought at times during 2022. The region began the year with 16.2% drought coverage. The drought area decreased during February, increased during the summer, reaching a peak of 26.7% of the region on July 5, decreased again during late summer and early fall, then increased in the late fall to peak at 30.9%...
Hawaii began 2022 drought-free. A drier-than-normal January resulted in rapid drought expansion, especially on the Big Island to Molokai. The drought area reached a peak of 86.4% of the islands on February 8 before gradually decreasing to a minimum 24.3% in June. Dry weather returned during the summer, with most (94.0%) of the state in moderate to ...
Alaska was free of drought and abnormal dryness for most of 2022. Moderate to severe drought developed during the summer, reaching a peak extent of 17.9% of the state on July 5. The areas affected stretched from the southwest to the northeast interior. Dozens of large wildfires developed during the summer. One million acres had burned by June 18 — ...
The year began with drought across the U.S. Caribbean islands — moderate drought was affecting St. John (in the U.S. Virgin Islands) (USVI) and a fourth (28.0%) of Puerto Rico, St. Thomas was experiencing severe drought, and extreme drought was afflicting St. Croix. Drought contracted on Puerto Rico and the intensity decreased across the USVI durin...
In the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), 2022 began with moderate drought affecting Kapingamarangi (in the Federated States of Micronesia) (FSM) and Wotje (in the Marshall Islands) (RMI). By February, Kapingamarangi was abnormally dry but Fananu (FSM) had developed moderate drought, and drought had expanded in the RMI with Wotje now having e...
To see or report current drought impacts, please visit the Drought Impacts Toolkit, where you can find impacts from media in the Drought Impact Reporter and from citizen scientists and other volunteer observers under Condition Monitoring Observations. Historic Impacts
National Drought Highlights. Based on the Palmer Drought Index, severe to extreme drought affected about 33% of the contiguous United States as of the end of July 2022, a decrease of about 3% from last month. About 3% of the contiguous U.S. fell in the severely to extremely wet categories.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is updated each Thursday to show the location and intensity of drought across the country, which uses a five-category system, from Abnormally Dry (D0) conditions to Exceptional Drought (D4).
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The percentage of drought in Texas according to the U.S. Drought Monitor map as of November 1, 2022. RESERVOIR STORAGE. Out of 119 reservoirs in the state, five reservoirs held 100 percent conservation storage capacity (Figure 3). Additionally, 13 reservoirs were at or above 90 percent full.
