Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- December 16, 2006
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   24.59 - 5.59 40.65 + 8.89 37.65 + 7.44 68.94 - 0.41
0-20 (D1)   10.46 - 9.68 25.97 + 2.88 19.68 - 0.51 58.35 - 0.53
0-10 (D2)    1.22 - 8.86  9.04 + 0.33  9.00 - 1.12 59.09 + 1.57
0-5 (D3)    0.32 - 4.78 14.13 + 0.00  3.52 - 1.61 57.66 - 0.48
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  1.43 - 0.63 65.27 - 0.41
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered