Drought Coverage per Short- and Long-Term Indicator Blends

Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- August 5, 2006
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 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