Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- February 28, 2009
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   30.04 - 0.15 53.79 - 2.46 27.90 - 2.31 51.22 - 0.15
0-20 (D1)   20.67 + 0.53 58.27 - 0.26 13.97 - 6.21 41.91 - 2.71
0-10 (D2)    8.74 - 1.34 55.77 + 1.60  8.78 - 1.35 57.79 + 0.79
0-5 (D3)    4.51 - 0.59 60.98 + 1.97  1.94 - 3.19 41.52 - 0.36
0-2 (D4)    0.77 - 1.30 50.46 + 0.04  0.00 - 2.06  0.00 - 0.15
*Anomalies & percentiles based on monthly 1932 - 2001 data from National Climatic Data Center.
**Change from Previous Week's Percentage of U.S. Covered