| Percent of U.S. Mainland in
Selected Drought Ranges -- August 19, 2006 |
||||||||
| Percentile Range |
Short-Term Drought Indicator Blend |
Long-Term Drought Indicator Blend |
||||||
| Current | Anomaly* | Percentile* | Change** | Current | Anomaly* | Percentile* | Change** | |
| 0-30 (D0) | 47.64 | +17.46 | 86.16 | - 2.40 | 53.68 | +23.47 | 87.13 | - 3.35 |
| 0-20 (D1) | 32.31 | +12.17 | 83.51 | - 2.28 | 35.66 | +15.47 | 84.43 | - 3.48 |
| 0-10 (D2) | 14.67 | + 4.59 | 77.07 | - 3.85 | 10.80 | + 0.67 | 65.49 | + 0.90 |
| 0-5 (D3) | 4.35 | - 0.75 | 60.43 | - 2.80 | 2.39 | - 2.74 | 46.41 | + 0.02 |
| 0-2 (D4) | 0.57 | - 1.50 | 46.28 | - 0.48 | 0.64 | - 1.42 | 51.78 | + 0.14 |
| *Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932
- 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center. **Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered |
||||||||