Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- March 2, 2008
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   16.88 -13.30 21.20 + 2.72 21.09 - 9.12 35.81 + 0.39
0-20 (D1)    7.53 -12.61 17.37 + 0.54 13.42 - 6.76 40.00 + 0.38
0-10 (D2)    2.03 - 8.05 14.50 + 2.03  4.57 - 5.55 38.25 + 0.00
0-5 (D3)    0.00 - 5.10  0.00 + 0.00  2.34 - 2.79 45.96 + 0.20
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  1.08 - 0.98 60.55 + 0.05
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered