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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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July 1, 2021

Beneficial rains have been observed across the northern U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Additional improvements in drought conditions are expected through September.

View this update in Spanish.

June 24, 2021

The Southwest monsoon is coming. Please be better than last year!  

June 11, 2021

Above-normal temperatures overcome spotty precipitation in most of the region.

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

June 10, 2021

Snow drought impacts have intensified as snow melted weeks early this spring.

 

June 10, 2021

Extreme Summer Heat Amplifies Impacts of the Northern Plains Drought

June 10, 2021

Severe Drought Expansion and Heat Concerns in the Upper Midwest