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DROUGHT STATUS UPDATE ARCHIVE

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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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Rolling hills with fall foliage in the Northeast U.S.
Drought Status Update for the Northeast
January 14, 2022

Monitoring Snowfall and Snow Water Equivalent for Potential to Increase Spring Groundwater Levels.

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

Runoff from melting snow flowing into a stream
Snow Drought Current Conditions and Impacts in the West
January 13, 2022

A series of cold winter storms in the western United States led to a substantial reduction in the severity of snow drought.

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
January 10, 2022

Extreme drought continues to expand over Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

Drought is likely to worsen in the coming weeks and months.

 

 

Colorado River running through the Grand Canyon
Drought Update for the Intermountain West
January 10, 2022

A look back at drought in 2021.

Bishop Creek waterfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
California-Nevada Drought Status Update
January 6, 2022

A Wet December: Drought buster, false hope, or somewhere in between?

Register for the January 24 CA-NV Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar.

A beach landscape in Puerto Rico
Drought Update for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
December 17, 2021

Drought conditions continue to worsen across most of Puerto Rico and all of the U.S. Virgin Islands without significant relief expected until the start of the wet season in April. Currently, Puerto Rico is experiencing abnormally dry (D0) to moderate drought (D1) conditions. Drought conditions vary in the U.S. Virgin Islands with moderate drought (D1) in St. John, severe drought (D2) in St. Thomas, and extreme drought (D3) conditions on St. Croix.

2021 can overall be described as a dry and hot year across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.