Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- May 3, 2009
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   20.09 -10.09 28.98 - 6.04 21.20 - 9.01 36.12 - 3.63
0-20 (D1)   13.34 - 6.80 34.00 + 1.28 11.60 - 8.59 34.27 - 2.09
0-10 (D2)    5.74 - 4.34 39.55 + 3.58  4.36 - 5.77 36.96 - 1.82
0-5 (D3)    1.15 - 3.95 27.87 + 0.78  0.67 - 4.46 26.89 - 0.87
0-2 (D4)    0.01 - 2.06 28.96 + 0.01  0.28 - 1.78 42.19 + 0.28
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered