Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- August 18, 2007
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   46.65 +16.47 85.43 + 1.49 48.62 +18.41 83.65 + 1.94
0-20 (D1)   36.40 +16.26 87.80 + 0.29 34.99 +14.80 83.62 + 2.30
0-10 (D2)   25.93 +15.85 93.37 + 2.39 19.75 + 9.62 86.05 + 0.70
0-5 (D3)   17.60 +12.50 94.47 + 4.52 12.13 + 7.00 88.69 + 1.08
0-2 (D4)    8.51 + 6.44 94.81 + 3.02  4.94 + 2.88 89.30 - 0.28
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered