U.S. Drought Monitor
Weekly source for U.S. drought maps and associated area statistics.
The U.S. Drought Monitor data download service publishes weekly statistics by geography and drought category.
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- Official Source
- U.S. Drought Monitor
Methodology
- Published U.S. Drought Monitor rows use official weekly percent-area REST statistics.
- National category rows use source categorical statistics for exact D0-D4 shares.
- Selected state rows use source traditional statistics for D1-or-worse area share.
- Protein Report does not derive crop-region or crop-weighted drought exposure for these rows.
Source Terms
Drought category
Drought Monitor classifications from D0 abnormally dry through D4 exceptional drought.
Categorical statistics report exact category shares; traditional statistics report cumulative category-or-worse shares.