Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- November 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)   18.75 -11.44 25.31 + 0.28 29.75 - 0.46 53.74 + 0.39
0-20 (D1)   11.04 - 9.11 27.43 + 5.63 21.66 + 1.48 62.87 + 1.00
0-10 (D2)    1.55 - 8.53 11.16 + 0.91 10.32 + 0.20 63.69 + 0.25
0-5 (D3)    0.00 - 5.10  0.00 + 0.00  3.70 - 1.43 58.63 + 0.65
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  1.04 - 1.02 60.23 + 0.00
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered