Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- December 22, 2007
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)    9.90 -20.28  6.66 - 2.83 37.56 + 7.35 68.90 - 1.00
0-20 (D1)    4.34 -15.81  6.62 - 0.74 23.45 + 3.27 65.66 - 2.52
0-10 (D2)    0.61 - 9.46  5.54 + 0.17 10.38 + 0.25 64.06 - 1.47
0-5 (D3)    0.00 - 5.10  0.00 + 0.00  4.84 - 0.29 66.19 + 0.00
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  1.87 - 0.19 71.13 + 0.17
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered