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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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A beach landscape in Puerto Rico
Drought Update for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
November 5, 2021

Drought conditions are slowly improving across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with long-term forecasts suggesting increased chances for above-normal rainfall over the next few months.

View the December 17 Drought Status Update.

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
November 4, 2021

Drought conditions expand over parts of Texas and western Kansas and Oklahoma.

Eastern Oklahoma and Kansas see drought conditions improve.

 

Missouri River flowing through a hilly landscape
Drought Status Update for the Missouri River Basin
November 4, 2021

Drought Persists Despite Some Improvement in the Upper Missouri River Basin

Bishop Creek waterfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
California-Nevada and Pacific Northwest Special Edition Drought Status Update
October 28, 2021

A Bomb Cyclone and Powerful Atmospheric River Just Hit Parts of the West. What Does This Mean for Drought? 

Colorado River running through the Grand Canyon
Drought Update for the Intermountain West
October 28, 2021

It’s raining and snowing in parts of the Intermountain West, but drought continues.

Bishop Creek waterfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Drought Status Update for California-Nevada
October 15, 2021

Low Precipitation and High Evaporative Demand Hammered the Region that was Already Reeling from Intense Drought.

Register here for the November 22 California–Nevada Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar.