Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- May 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)   27.01 - 3.17 45.94 + 6.19 21.65 - 8.56 37.27 + 1.23
0-20 (D1)   15.54 - 4.60 42.88 + 1.67 14.13 - 6.06 42.39 - 0.06
0-10 (D2)   10.06 - 0.02 62.26 + 4.54  2.94 - 7.19 28.21 + 0.00
0-5 (D3)    3.37 - 1.73 51.12 + 0.05  0.96 - 4.17 31.63 - 0.38
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 - 1.89  0.00 - 2.06  0.00 - 0.66
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered