U.S. Drought Monitor: percent area in drought (D1–D4), contiguous U.S.
Percent of area
55.21%
Data table
| Date | Percent of area |
|---|---|
| 55.21% | |
| 59.38% | |
| 59.24% | |
| 59.37% | |
| 58.59% | |
| 59.05% | |
| 56.61% | |
| 52.70% | |
| 50.38% | |
| 48.54% | |
| 47.89% | |
| 45.77% | |
| 46.47% | |
| 47.20% | |
| 47.84% | |
| 52.33% | |
| 55.02% | |
| 56.16% | |
| 58.38% | |
| 60.77% | |
| 62.42% | |
| 61.47% | |
| 60.92% | |
| 61.68% | |
| 62.78% | |
| 61.03% | |
| 60.05% | |
| 59.91% | |
| 56.21% | |
| 54.81% | |
| 53.97% | |
| 54.88% | |
| 51.13% | |
| 48.58% | |
| 46.60% | |
| 44.53% | |
| 43.04% | |
| 44.01% | |
| 42.55% | |
| 44.82% | |
| 42.83% | |
| 41.44% | |
| 40.52% | |
| 40.29% | |
| 41.42% | |
| 43.06% | |
| 46.12% | |
| 44.43% | |
| 43.71% | |
| 43.60% | |
| 46.08% | |
| 45.60% |
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.