Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- May 19, 2007
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   45.59 +15.41 83.99 + 4.74 36.26 + 6.05 66.97 + 3.41
0-20 (D1)   36.50 +16.35 88.08 + 6.51 27.44 + 7.25 72.56 + 2.98
0-10 (D2)   19.79 + 9.72 87.42 + 5.97 15.30 + 5.17 77.55 + 1.94
0-5 (D3)   11.52 + 6.42 89.18 + 4.21  5.80 + 0.67 70.85 + 0.28
0-2 (D4)    5.08 + 3.01 88.60 + 2.16  1.09 - 0.97 60.68 + 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