Drought Monitor Data Downloads

For more information regarding the Drought Monitor datasets, please contact Brian Fuchs at the NDMC via e-mail.

For those individuals interested in obtaining DM data for a period of time longer than a few weeks, please e-mail your request to Brian Fuchs. Include the date range, for example 2005-2009, and the state or county names. We will make every effort to respond to your request as soon as possible.

NOTE: The weekly KML datasets are now available as KMZ files. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Download the most current Drought Monitor combined shapefiles: Current Drought Monitor Shapefiles

View the most current Drought Monitor in Google Earth: Current Drought Monitor

View the most current Drought Monitor WMS service: Current Drought Monitor WMS

For more information regarding the file formats, click on the appropriate format: Drought Monitor shapefiles, KML files, GML files, OGC WMS files, Excel files.

For more information regarding the Drought Monitor color scheme, please visit: DM Colors

Please cite the Drought Monitor by including the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).