Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- August 16, 2008
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   32.54 + 2.35 59.62 -11.38 34.51 + 4.30 63.91 - 3.29
0-20 (D1)   23.97 + 3.83 67.49 - 7.49 24.18 + 4.00 67.04 + 0.23
0-10 (D2)    9.84 - 0.24 60.93 - 3.33 12.07 + 1.95 69.45 - 1.05
0-5 (D3)    3.09 - 2.01 48.43 - 2.37  5.29 + 0.16 68.03 - 0.07
0-2 (D4)    0.24 - 1.83 36.59 - 1.73  1.04 - 1.02 60.23 - 0.29
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered