Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- March 3, 2007
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   17.90 -12.28 22.91 - 2.45 24.20 - 6.01 43.28 - 0.63
0-20 (D1)    9.01 -11.13 21.85 + 0.22 11.57 - 8.61 34.20 + 0.01
0-10 (D2)    3.87 - 6.21 27.48 - 0.63  7.60 - 2.53 52.53 + 1.60
0-5 (D3)    0.45 - 4.65 16.32 - 0.15  2.55 - 2.57 48.29 - 0.32
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  0.92 - 1.14 58.31 - 0.20
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered