| Percent of U.S. Mainland in
Selected Drought Ranges -- August 12, 2006 |
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| Percentile Range |
Short-Term Drought Indicator Blend |
Long-Term Drought Indicator Blend |
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| 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 |
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