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Areas of drought expanded across the West, South and Florida, with a few pockets of improvement in New Mexico and the Northeast. Drought covers 44.53% of the nation, an increase of 1.49 points. The snow drought persists in the West.
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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions across the country. The one week change map shows changes on the U.S. Drought Monitor over the past week.
February 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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The North American Drought Monitor shows that drought in Canada has eased over the past month, worsened slightly in the US, and improved marginally in Mexico.

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The North American Drought Monitor shows drought status across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. The one month change map shows how drought has changed across Canada, the U.S., and Mexico over the past month.
January 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Drought developed rather quickly across the southeastern quarter of the US over the past four weeks. Note the two and three category changes.

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The four week change map shows how drought has changed with areas of intensification in yellow and orange and improvement in shades of green. Gray areas indicate where drought persists and has not changed, while white areas are free of drought.
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Drought worsened in small pockets across the US, particularly in East TX and AR, with small areas of improvement in the Upper Midwest and Northeast. Drought expanded to cover 44.01% of the continental US, an uptick of 1.46 points.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought coverage and severity across the country. The one week change map shows how drought has changed with areas of intensification in yellow and improvement in green. Gray areas indicate areas where drought persists, but has not changed. White areas are free of drought.
January 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Drought expanded significantly from the Central and Southern Plains to the East Coast. In the West, large swaths of improvement occurred. Drought (D1-D4) covered 44.82% of the contiguous US, a jump of 1.99 points.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought severity and coverage across the country. The one week change map shows where drought eased in green and areas of intensifying or expanding dryness in yellow. Gray indicates areas of unchanging drought, while white specifies areas that are not dry.
January 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Drought worsened in parts of the Northeast, improved in the Northwest and was mixed in the Southeast. Drought (D1-D4) covered 40.52% of the contiguous US, an increase of 0.23 points.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions across the nation. The one week change map shows where drought has worsened in yellow and areas of improvement in green. Grey areas indicate existing drought, and white areas show where there is no drought.
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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The North American Drought Monitor shows that drought intensified in Canada in November, eased slightly in the U.S., and expanded in Mexico.

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The North American Drought Monitor shows drought conditions across Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. The one month change map shows changes to drought status across North America over the past month with improvements in green and degradations in yellow and orange.
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Drought eased in the Carolinas, in Gulf states, and in parts of the West as Washington endured record flooding. Drought worsened in small pockets across the US and covered 40.29% of the continental US, a decrease of 1.13 points.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows areas of drought and its severity across the country. The one week change map shows areas of drought degradation in yellow and drought improvement in green.
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Drought changes were mixed across the US, with drought (D1-D4) covering 41.42% of the contiguous US, a decrease of 1.64 points from last week.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought area and severity across the nation. The one week change map shows where drought eased in green and areas of drought intensification in yellow. White areas are not dry or in drought.
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Drought expanded in many parts of the US with areas of improvement in the West and Northeast. Drought (D1-D4) covers 46.12% of the contiguous US, an increase of 1.69 points from last week.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought intensity and spatial coverage over the country and is updated weekly. The one week change map shows how drought has changed across the U.S. over the past week with areas of degradation in yellow and improvement in green.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Drought expanded in parts of the Central and Southern Plains, Southeast and Montana, while easing in the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast. Drought (D1-D4) covers 44.43% of the contiguous US, an uptick of 0.72 points from last week.
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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought status for the country. The one week change map shows areas of drought deterioration in yellow and areas of drought improvement in green. Gray areas shows where drought exists, but did not change. White areas indicate areas that were not dry.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Drought continued to expand in much of the eastern US, while easing in parts of the West and around the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Drought (D1-D4) covers 45.02%, an increase of 2.04 points from last week.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows the spatial extent and severity of drought across the country. The one week change map shows areas where drought worsened in yellow and areas of improvement in green.
October 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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'Drought Download' video series visualizes U.S. Drought Monitor

A new video series by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln provides an audio-visual recap of weekly U.S. Drought Monitor updates.

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October 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Many parts of the Eastern U.S. continued to dry out with some mixed areas of improvement across the country. Drought (D1-D4) covered 43.41% of the contiguous U.S., an increase of 2.6 points.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows the extent and severity of drought across the country. The one week change map shows where drought worsened in yellow on the U.S. Drought Monitor and areas of improvement in green.
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Drought continued to expand in the eastern U.S. with some pockets of drought improvement across the country. Drought (D1-D4) coverage increased by 1.18 points to encompass 35.9% of the contiguous U.S.

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Map of the U.S. with the drought status and spatial extent shown by yellow and shades of orange and red. The one week change map shows areas where drought worsened in yellow and areas of improvement in green.
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Drought conditions have developed rapidly over the past month in parts of the Northeast and lower Midwest where shades of orange indicate that drought has worsened by two or three categories.

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The five week change map shows areas of intensifying drought in shades of yellow and oranges and regions of drought improvement in shades of green.
September 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Drought continued to expand and intensify in parts of the eastern U.S., while easing in small pockets of the West. Drought (D1-D4) covered 34.72% of the contiguous U.S., a jump of 1.71 points from the previous week.
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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows the spatial extent and severity of drought conditions across the country. The one week change map shows areas where drought or dry conditions worsened in yellow and areas where drought eased in green.
September 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Notice the rapid drought development and expansion in the Northeast, lower Mississippi River Valley and, to a lesser degree, in parts of the West over the past four weeks.

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The four week change map for the U.S. Drought Monitor shows areas where drought status has intensified significantly in yellow and orange and improved in shades of green.
August 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Drought continues to intensify in the Northeast, lower Midwest, lower Mississippi River Valley and parts of the West. There are pockets of improvement in Colorado, the Plains and the Southeast. Drought covered 33.01% of the contig US.
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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions across the country. The one week change map shows drought deterioration in yellow and improvement in green.
August 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The North American Drought Monitor shows drought conditions through July 31, 2025 for most of Canada, the United States and Mexico.

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The North American Drought Monitor shows drought conditions through July 31, 2025 for most of Canada, the United States and Mexico.
August 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Drought and dry conditions expanded in the Northeast, Lower Mississippi Valley, and parts of the West, while improving along the Canadian border. Drought covered 29.87% of the contiguous US, an increase of 0.02 points from last week.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions across the country. The one week change map shows where drought improved in green and areas where drought worsened in yellow.
August 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Drought/dryness intensified in parts of the Intermountain West and Northeast and eased in parts of the Northwest, New Mexico and the Southeast. Drought (D1-D4) covers 29.85% of the contiguous US, down 1.17 points from last week.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows areas of drought across the nation. The one week change map shows where drought has worsened or intensified in yellow and places where drought eased in green.
August 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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The US Drought Monitor shows that dry conditions expanded in parts of the West and Southeast and eased in parts of the Plains and Midwest. Drought covers 31.02% of the continental US, a decrease of 0.36 points from last week.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions across the country. The 1 week change map shows where drought conditions have changed across the country in the past week.
July 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Drought continued to worsen in the Pacific Northwest and ease in parts of Texas, Florida, the High Plains and Midwest. Drought expanded slightly to cover 31.41% of the U.S., down 0.34 points from last week.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions across the nation. The one week change map shows how drought conditions have changed across the country in the past week.
July 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Drought expanded over a broad swath of the Pacific Northwest area with pockets of improvement in the Midwest. Drought covered 30.66% of the continental US, an increase of 0.63 points from last week.
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The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions across the nation. The 1 week change map shows how drought has changed on the U.S. Drought Monitor over the past week.
June 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM