Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- January 17, 2009
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   16.93 -13.25 21.63 + 3.36 16.44 -13.77 25.18 + 0.68
0-20 (D1)    8.97 -11.17 21.74 + 2.47  9.40 -10.78 27.38 + 0.12
0-10 (D2)    4.54 - 5.54 30.66 + 1.94  5.89 - 4.24 45.16 - 0.08
0-5 (D3)    0.73 - 4.37 20.76 - 0.34  1.12 - 4.01 33.48 + 0.00
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  0.88 - 1.18 57.33 + 0.00
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered