Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- February 9, 2008
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   19.39 -10.79 26.45 - 0.22 24.30 - 5.91 43.40 + 0.07
0-20 (D1)    8.05 -12.09 19.11 - 1.78 15.12 - 5.07 45.60 - 0.19
0-10 (D2)    1.12 - 8.96  8.35 + 0.00  5.63 - 4.50 44.20 - 0.82
0-5 (D3)    0.00 - 5.10  0.00 + 0.00  2.59 - 2.54 48.59 + 0.19
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  1.25 - 0.81 63.17 + 0.17
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered