U.S. Drought Monitor Map

The heat is on and reflected in latest drought map

Improvements noted in latest drought map

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Great Plains still feeling drought stress

U.S. Drought Monitor - July 18, 2023

Drought continues to have hold in country’s midsection

Drought persistent in heartland, latest map shows

  • By Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center

Drought footprint still found in 3 High Plains states

Widespread rain has helped ease drought footprint

Rain helping to ease drought

  • By Lindsay Johnson, National Drought Mitigation Center