Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- March 8, 2008
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   16.64 -13.54 20.69 - 0.24 21.63 - 8.58 37.25 + 0.54
0-20 (D1)    6.22 -13.92 12.03 - 1.30 11.49 - 8.70 33.72 - 1.94
0-10 (D2)    0.12 - 9.96  2.40 - 1.91  3.97 - 6.16 34.42 - 0.61
0-5 (D3)    0.12 - 4.98 10.36 + 0.12  1.63 - 3.50 38.59 - 0.70
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  0.67 - 1.39 52.81 - 0.41
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered