Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected Drought Ranges -- May 9, 2009
Percentile Range	Short-Term Drought Indicator Blend				Long-Term Drought Indicator Blend
	Current	Anomaly*	Percentile*	Change**	Current	Anomaly*	Percentile*	Change**
0-30 (D0)	20.82	- 9.36	30.42	+ 0.73	20.41	- 9.80	34.49	- 0.79
0-20 (D1)	13.87	- 6.27	37.50	+ 0.53	14.19	- 6.00	42.46	+ 2.59
0-10 (D2)	5.51	- 4.56	37.94	- 0.22	2.94	- 7.19	28.21	- 1.42
0-5 (D3)	3.31	- 1.79	50.25	+ 2.16	1.34	- 3.79	36.18	+ 0.66
0-2 (D4)	1.89	- 0.18	69.67	+ 1.88	0.66	- 1.40	52.54	+ 0.38
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center. **Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered