Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- April 12, 2009
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   22.76 - 7.43 35.34 - 3.38 26.10 - 4.11 47.84 + 0.94
0-20 (D1)    8.49 -11.65 20.34 - 9.30 12.17 - 8.01 36.08 - 1.11
0-10 (D2)    2.72 - 7.36 20.72 - 1.61  5.26 - 4.86 42.13 - 1.22
0-5 (D3)    0.74 - 4.37 20.88 + 0.03  2.37 - 2.76 46.28 - 0.18
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  0.00 - 2.06  0.00 + 0.00
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered