Drought Coverage per Short- and Long-Term Indicator Blends

Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- August 12, 2006
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   50.04 +19.86 88.06 - 6.54 57.04 +26.83 89.80 + 0.31
0-20 (D1)   34.59 +14.45 86.04 -10.54 39.13 +18.95 87.36 - 0.80
0-10 (D2)   18.52 + 8.44 85.82 - 8.32  9.90 - 0.23 62.04 - 0.04
0-5 (D3)    7.15 + 2.05 76.13 - 7.45  2.38 - 2.75 46.30 + 0.00
0-2 (D4)    1.04 - 1.03 55.69 - 6.35  0.50 - 1.57 49.94 - 0.14
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered