Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- July 5, 2008
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   44.76 +14.58 82.98 + 0.10 36.11 + 5.90 66.79 + 2.14
0-20 (D1)   30.90 +10.76 80.92 + 0.27 23.44 + 3.26 65.63 + 0.90
0-10 (D2)   14.54 + 4.46 76.61 - 5.07  8.98 - 1.15 59.04 + 1.22
0-5 (D3)    7.32 + 2.22 76.54 - 2.65  2.92 - 2.21 52.02 - 1.08
0-2 (D4)    4.25 + 2.18 86.51 - 0.52  1.56 - 0.50 67.64 - 0.30
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered