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Drought Risk Atlas

The Drought Risk Atlas provides historic data about drought through 2017 for weather stations across the United States that have at least 40 years of records.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Varies
File Format
csv
Data Type
Land-based Station

ECMWF Reanalysis v5 (ERA5)

GPCC Drought Index: a standardized anomaly of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration regarding to long-term means.

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
1940 - Present
File Format
geotiff
netcdf-4
Data Type
Land-based Station
Model

ERA5: Drought Indices

GPCC Drought Index: a standardized anomaly of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration regarding to long-term means.

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
1940 - Present
File Format
geotiff
netcdf-4
Data Type
Land-based Station
Model

Global CPC Unified Daily Precipitation

The NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) a probabilistic index derived from North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) precipitation data computed f

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
File Format
images
text (ascii)
Data Type
Model