| Percent of U.S. Mainland in
Selected Drought Ranges -- January 5, 2009 |
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| Percentile Range |
Short-Term Drought Indicator Blend |
Long-Term Drought Indicator Blend |
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| Current | Anomaly* | Percentile* | Change** | Current | Anomaly* | Percentile* | Change** | |
| 0-30 (D0) | 12.37 | -17.81 | 11.24 | + 6.08 | 19.34 | -10.87 | 32.02 | - 1.97 |
| 0-20 (D1) | 6.25 | -13.89 | 12.15 | + 1.63 | 10.17 | -10.01 | 30.97 | + 0.63 |
| 0-10 (D2) | 1.22 | - 8.86 | 9.04 | + 0.49 | 4.33 | - 5.80 | 36.66 | + 0.63 |
| 0-5 (D3) | 0.73 | - 4.37 | 20.76 | + 0.00 | 1.79 | - 3.34 | 40.01 | + 0.90 |
| 0-2 (D4) | 0.00 | - 2.07 | 0.00 | + 0.00 | 0.88 | - 1.18 | 57.33 | + 0.88 |
| *Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932
- 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center. **Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered |
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