Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- March 21, 2009
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   44.68 +14.49 82.67 +13.67 31.03 + 0.82 56.19 + 2.22
0-20 (D1)   28.70 + 8.55 77.94 + 9.07 16.29 - 3.90 49.17 + 0.44
0-10 (D2)   14.60 + 4.52 76.71 + 7.68  7.27 - 2.86 51.56 - 0.26
0-5 (D3)    4.93 - 0.17 65.45 + 3.23  2.65 - 2.48 49.25 + 0.97
0-2 (D4)    0.97 - 1.10 54.51 + 0.53  0.66 - 1.40 52.56 + 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