Percent of U.S. Mainland in Selected
Drought Ranges -- January 31, 2009
Percentile
Range
Short-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
Long-Term
Drought Indicator Blend
 Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change**   Current   Anomaly*   Percentile*   Change** 
0-30 (D0)   28.71 - 1.47 51.14 +11.78 22.36 - 7.85 39.34 + 5.92
0-20 (D1)   17.57 - 2.58 50.16 + 8.59  9.84 -10.34 29.77 + 0.44
0-10 (D2)    6.24 - 3.83 43.20 + 1.71  6.76 - 3.36 49.37 + 0.88
0-5 (D3)    3.05 - 2.06 48.15 + 2.32  2.14 - 2.99 43.70 + 1.02
0-2 (D4)    0.00 - 2.07  0.00 + 0.00  0.88 - 1.18 57.33 + 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