Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- December 1, 2007
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   26.45 - 3.73 45.11 -13.75 44.15 +13.94 79.30 - 1.26
0-20 (D1)   12.35 - 7.79 31.46 - 8.12 28.42 + 8.23 75.30 - 1.12
0-10 (D2)    4.10 - 5.98 28.47 - 2.56 13.70 + 3.57 73.55 - 4.27
0-5 (D3)    0.26 - 4.84 13.12 + 0.01  6.94 + 1.81 77.26 - 1.46
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  2.16 + 0.10 74.17 - 0.91
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered