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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

Drought Termination and Amelioration

NCEI provides precipitation data that can be used to show probability or the amount of precipitation to ameliorate or end a drought at different monthly scales.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Forecasts
File Format
images
text (ascii)
csv
json
xml
Data Type
Model

ECMWF Reanalysis v5 (ERA5)

ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF atmospheric reanalysis of the global climate covering the period from January 1940 to present.

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

ERA5: Drought Indices

ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF atmospheric reanalysis of the global climate covering the period from January 1940 to present.

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