Drought Coverage per Short- and Long-Term Indicator Blends

Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- August 26, 2006
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   41.07 +10.88 77.94 - 6.58 54.36 +24.15 88.08 + 0.68
0-20 (D1)   26.70 + 6.56 74.79 - 5.61 37.53 +17.35 86.17 + 1.87
0-10 (D2)    8.73 - 1.35 55.74 - 5.94 10.51 + 0.38 64.68 - 0.29
0-5 (D3)    3.38 - 1.72 51.26 - 0.97  3.48 - 1.65 57.31 + 1.09
0-2 (D4)    0.28 - 1.79 37.48 - 0.28  0.64 - 1.42 51.78 + 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