Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected Drought Ranges -- October 4, 2008
Percentile Range	Short-Term Drought Indicator Blend				Long-Term Drought Indicator Blend
	Current	Anomaly*	Percentile*	Change**	Current	Anomaly*	Percentile*	Change**
0-30 (D0)	23.00	- 7.18	36.29	- 4.40	29.24	- 0.97	53.26	+ 1.72
0-20 (D1)	12.26	- 7.89	31.33	- 3.10	21.92	+ 1.74	63.31	+ 0.70
0-10 (D2)	4.16	- 5.91	28.65	- 2.61	10.13	+ 0.00	62.73	+ 0.65
0-5 (D3)	2.39	- 2.71	43.50	+ 1.49	3.48	- 1.65	57.31	+ 0.84
0-2 (D4)	0.65	- 1.42	48.46	+ 0.65	0.75	- 1.31	55.42	+ 0.24
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center. **Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered