Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- April 12, 2008
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   27.93 - 2.25 48.63 + 1.06 27.78 - 2.43 51.04 + 1.23
0-20 (D1)   14.06 - 6.08 38.18 - 3.01 16.51 - 3.67 49.83 + 3.03
0-10 (D2)    5.39 - 4.69 36.96 - 1.87  4.25 - 5.88 36.19 + 0.09
0-5 (D3)    0.91 - 4.19 23.24 - 0.33  1.14 - 3.99 33.61 + 0.30
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  0.28 - 1.78 41.91 - 0.39
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered