| Percent of U.S. Mainland in
Selected Drought Ranges -- August 5, 2006 |
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| Percentile Range |
Short-Term Drought Indicator Blend |
Long-Term Drought Indicator Blend |
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| Current | Anomaly* | Percentile* | Change** | Current | Anomaly* | Percentile* | Change** | |
| 0-30 (D0) | 56.58 | +26.40 | 93.67 | + 3.30 | 56.73 | +26.52 | 89.36 | + 0.47 |
| 0-20 (D1) | 45.13 | +24.99 | 94.46 | + 3.91 | 39.93 | +19.75 | 87.87 | + 3.21 |
| 0-10 (D2) | 26.84 | +16.76 | 93.83 | - 0.87 | 9.94 | - 0.19 | 62.32 | - 0.76 |
| 0-5 (D3) | 14.60 | + 9.50 | 92.69 | - 1.28 | 2.38 | - 2.75 | 46.30 | + 0.30 |
| 0-2 (D4) | 7.40 | + 5.33 | 93.39 | + 1.20 | 0.64 | - 1.42 | 51.78 | + 0.50 |
| *Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932
- 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center. **Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered |
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