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About Drought Status Updates: NIDIS and partners issue drought status updates to communicate a potential area of concern for drought expansion and/or development, based on recent conditions and the upcoming forecast.
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December 15, 2022

Cold, Wet Start to Western Snow Season Except in Parts of the Southwest

June 9, 2022

Snow season ends with above-normal snowpack for much of the Northwest and Northern Rockies while the drought crisis worsens in California and the Southwest.

 

May 5, 2022

April storms boost late-season snowpack in the Northwest and Northern Rockies while snow drought worsens in the Southwest

April 7, 2022

Snow Drought Hits Most of the West for the Second Straight Year and California for the Third Straight Year

March 10, 2022

Snow Drought Expands as Western U.S. Is Running Out of Time to Replenish Water Supplies

February 10, 2022

The faucet has been shut off across much of the West after a promising wet and snowy start to the season.