Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- March 17, 2007
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   31.84 + 1.66 58.19 +10.40 31.15 + 0.94 56.36 + 0.41
0-20 (D1)   22.76 + 2.62 64.13 + 8.36 15.85 - 4.34 48.56 + 2.40
0-10 (D2)   11.95 + 1.87 68.83 + 6.11  8.11 - 2.02 54.67 + 0.90
0-5 (D3)    6.62 + 1.52 74.44 + 5.83  3.45 - 1.68 56.88 + 0.89
0-2 (D4)    2.58 + 0.51 75.99 + 2.58  0.92 - 1.14 58.31 + 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