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Drought worsened over the last four weeks and is expected to persist through winter across portions of the Midwest. Read more in the October 22 drought status update.

Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness Across the Nation

The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) is a multi-agency partnership that coordinates drought monitoring, forecasting, planning, and information at national, tribal, state, and local levels.

Current Conditions

U.S. Drought Monitor Category
% of U.S.
27.9
22.2
17.6
4.9
0.5
45.2

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This news story was based on an article originally published by the University of California Merced.Drought recovery isn't only important for human water users. For example, migrating birds depend on being able to locate the same sources of water year after year to survive on their long journeys.A new study, published in Nature Communications: Earth & Environment, found climate
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This article provides an overview of the study, Drought Characterization with GPS: Insights into Groundwater and Surface-Reservoir Storage in California, published in Water Resources Research.Drought intensity is often characterized using meteorological observations, such as precipitation, rather than hydrologic observations, such as reservoir levels and groundwater levels. While
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NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) has announced up to $4 million in funding for 8 two-year projects as part of the Fiscal Year 2025 NIDIS Coping with Drought: Understanding and Assessing Drought in a Changing Climate competition. This competition seeks projects focused on improving drought indicator performance to account for non-stationarity with the