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The Drought Monitor summary map identifies general areas of drought and labels them by intensity. D1 is the least intense level and D4 the most intense. Drought is defined as a moisture deficit bad enough to have social, environmental or economic effects.
How is drought affecting you? You can submit a Condition Monitoring Observer Report (CMOR), including photos. Reporting regularly can help people see what normal, wet and dry conditions look like in your part of the country.
Interactive Map: U.S. Drought Monitor. 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).
This weekly look ahead is modified from the U.S. Drought Monitor's National Drought Summary for October 29, 2024, written by Brian Fuchs (National Drought Mitigation Center) and Richard Heim (NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information). Featured Outlooks & Forecasts.
The U.S. Drought Monitor 1-week change map shows where drought has improved, remained the same, or worsened since the previous week's Drought Monitor. Yellow/orange hues show areas where drought worsened, while green hues show drought improvement.
According to the May 28, 2024 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 10.5% of the United States including Puerto Rico, about the same as last week. The worst drought categories (extreme to exceptional drought) stayed about the same as last week’s 0.6%.
According to the August 20, 2024 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 20.1% of the United States including Puerto Rico, an increase from last week’s 18.9%. The worst drought categories (extreme to exceptional drought) increased from 1.0% last week to 1.5%.
The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) is a map released every Thursday, showing parts of the U.S. that are in drought. The map uses five classifications: abnormally dry (D0), showing areas that may be going into or are coming out of drought, and four levels of drought: moderate (D1), severe (D2), extreme (D3) and exceptional (D4).
How is drought affecting you? You can submit a Condition Monitoring Observer Report (CMOR), including photos. Reporting regularly can help people see what normal, wet and dry conditions look like in your part of the country.
Unusually dry conditions gripped over half the contiguous United States in October 2024. On October 29, abnormal dryness and drought affected over 78 percent of the American population—the highest percentage in the U.S. Drought Monitor’s 25-year-long record. Drier- and warmer-than-normal weather dominated the country during much of October ...