Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- July 19, 2008
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   43.07 +12.89 80.77 - 1.29 36.85 + 6.64 68.12 + 0.99
0-20 (D1)   31.92 +11.78 83.04 + 6.48 24.96 + 4.77 67.86 + 1.75
0-10 (D2)   12.92 + 2.84 72.50 + 3.00 11.38 + 1.26 67.78 + 2.13
0-5 (D3)    4.30 - 0.80 59.78 - 0.66  3.61 - 1.52 58.21 + 1.16
0-2 (D4)    1.17 - 0.91 58.46 - 1.11  1.27 - 0.79 63.75 + 0.46
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered