Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- October 27, 2007
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   12.13 -18.05 11.01 - 7.58 39.41 + 9.20 72.11 - 1.07
0-20 (D1)    5.19 -14.95  8.73 - 7.66 25.69 + 5.51 69.57 - 2.04
0-10 (D2)    0.33 - 9.75  3.81 - 7.46 14.07 + 3.95 74.37 - 3.73
0-5 (D3)    0.00 - 5.10  0.00 - 5.94  6.35 + 1.22 74.14 - 1.33
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 - 2.84  1.96 - 0.11 71.61 - 0.64
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered