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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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Colorado River running through the Grand Canyon
Drought Update for the Intermountain West
August 29, 2022

Summer monsoon improves but does not eliminate drought in the Southwest.

 

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
August 29, 2022

Will the August rain wash away the Southern Plains drought? 

Rolling hills with fall foliage in the Northeast U.S.
Drought Status Update for the Northeast
August 26, 2022

Drought Impacts Continue To Expand and Intensify.

For more details, see the Northeast Drought Early Warning System Dashboard.

Bishop Creek waterfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
California-Nevada Drought Status Update
August 19, 2022

Southern California-Nevada Benefits from the Monsoon, but Severe Drought (D2) or Worse Continues.

Register here for the September 26 California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar.

 

A beach landscape in Puerto Rico
Drought Update for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
August 18, 2022

Moderate to Extreme Drought Persists Across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Rolling hills with fall foliage in the Northeast U.S.
Drought Status Update for the Northeast
August 12, 2022

Extreme drought (D3) is now established from the North Shore of Massachusetts to the Rhode Island coast.

For more details, see the Northeast Drought Early Warning System Dashboard.