Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- July 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)   44.36 +14.18 82.35 - 0.41 35.86 + 5.65 65.97 - 0.25
0-20 (D1)   25.45 + 5.30 71.65 - 5.46 23.20 + 3.02 65.38 - 0.24
0-10 (D2)    9.91 - 0.16 61.53 - 4.62  9.25 - 0.87 60.22 + 0.28
0-5 (D3)    4.95 - 0.15 65.56 - 2.37  2.46 - 2.67 47.13 - 0.47
0-2 (D4)    2.28 + 0.21 73.96 - 1.97  0.81 - 1.25 56.41 - 0.75
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered