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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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Bishop Creek waterfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
California-Nevada Drought Status Update
June 23, 2022

Drought heats up into summer as impacts are widely felt.

Register here for the July 21 Western U.S. Drought & Heat Webinar.

 

Runoff from melting snow flowing into a stream
Water Year 2022 Snow Drought Conditions Summary and Impacts in the West
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.

 

Bishop Creek waterfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
California-Nevada Drought Status Update
May 13, 2022

April showers bring...little drought relief.

Register here for the June 2 Drought Update and Wildfire Outlook Webinar for California and the Southwest.

 

Runoff from melting snow flowing into a stream
Snow Drought Current Conditions and Impacts in the West
May 5, 2022

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

Bishop Creek waterfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
California-Nevada Drought Status Update
April 8, 2022

California-Nevada Grapples with Third Year of Drought as Wet Season Ends

Register here for the June 2 Drought Update and Wildfire Outlook Webinar for California and the Southwest.

 

Runoff from melting snow flowing into a stream
Snow Drought Current Conditions and Impacts in the West
April 7, 2022

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