Drought Coverage per Short- and Long-Term Indicator Blends

Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- September 3, 2006
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   31.66 + 1.47 57.51 - 9.41 53.92 +23.71 87.23 - 0.45
0-20 (D1)   16.06 - 4.08 43.73 -10.64 36.73 +16.55 85.46 - 0.80
0-10 (D2)    5.36 - 4.72 36.83 - 3.37  9.96 - 0.17 62.35 - 0.55
0-5 (D3)    1.80 - 3.31 36.52 - 1.58  2.38 - 2.75 46.30 - 1.10
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 - 0.28  0.64 - 1.42 51.78 + 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