Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- March 29, 2008
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   30.27 + 0.09 54.20 +12.60 28.21 - 2.00 51.57 + 0.47
0-20 (D1)   14.66 - 5.48 40.26 + 7.13 14.78 - 5.41 44.66 + 2.22
0-10 (D2)    4.53 - 5.54 30.65 + 2.60  4.45 - 5.68 37.52 + 0.23
0-5 (D3)    0.57 - 4.53 18.30 + 0.57  1.81 - 3.32 40.30 + 0.33
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  0.67 - 1.39 52.81 + 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